Having inaccurate beliefs can help you reach the next level.
Dan Kennedy talks about you should be interpreting all news as good news, since it’s very difficult to know if something that seems “bad” leads to something “good” later on. You never get any momentum of moving forward if you’re always assessing each thing as “good or bad” and also considering that many things are […]
The 2 precise reasons to know immediately whether to quit or not.
We already know that winners have no problem failing, but considering the difference between failing vs quitting can be illuminating. Quitting means you never got to the end point to know if you failed or not. If the goal is to knock out Mike Tyson, then “quitting” is going to the boxing gym for a […]
The monster opportunity behind being late to the latest trend.
When I’m 1 day late to wish someone a happy birthday, I don’t wish them a belated birthday, I wish them a happy 364 day early birthday. If you’re late to business trends, there’s usually something else that you’re inherently tremendously early for if the original trend is still going. You may have missed the […]
Taking the easy road is the only path of real progress.
In an interview with Tom Bilyeu, Michael Ovitz, a highly successful talent agency owner in Hollywood, talks about how much easier we have it now and subtly hints to the glory (and difficulty) of cranking things out from scratch as he did in the entertainment industry. It’s worth spending a moment to consider the implications […]
How to perfectly define what personal weakness to work on
Wait, didn’t I say to never work on weaknesses in another article? Yes and no. You’d think that if you asked for a laundry list of things, and got 90%, you should be content since you got the majority. In another article I talk about whether to double down on your strengths like many guru […]
The massive opportunity in stagnant and commoditized industries
Stagnant valuable industries that aren’t declining, are usually where we find the home runs for new businesses. People want to enter the obvious industries – VR, High Tech, and Artificial Intelligence. Nothing wrong with that, as there’s tons of opportunity there. But that often comes with the implicit conclusion that there’s no opportunity elsewhere. Go […]
How many more ideas can we come up with?
Seth Godin had an April Fools post where he said he’s out of ideas and totally tapped. Cooking, as an analogy, can have 2 types of ideas. One where you mix up the ingredients creatively, and something new comes out. This is creativity, but what happened when someone discovered pasta. The amount of variables in […]
Great news – it’s all your fault.
People love to hate on lawyers. Are lawyers greedy evil people or an awesome way to understand a fundamental component of success? Should we hate on them, or realize they’re innocent and not to blame? If you try to entice someone to break the law, it’s actually illegal and called entrapment. It’s not ok to […]
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I follow business leaders, gurus, and philosophers and note things others missed that I’ve found valuable.
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