You’re only winning when you’re failing.
“It’s only failure unless you give up.” – Random guru. Sounds good but…give up what exactly? Russell Brunson from ClickFunnels tried selling nearly 100 different things and had a mixed bag of failures and small wins before his biggest win. What if someone told him to never give up on his potato gun product? Or […]
Failure can be disguised as success (and vice versa).
“I passed on investing in Uber.” – Gary Vee Gary loves to brag about how he “makes mistakes,” but is it really a mistake? If someone in front of him said, “I have a lotto ticket and I have a hunch it’s going to win, wanna buy it?” Would it be a mistake if he […]
Help a friend out by wishing them the worst.
“The man who chases 2 rabbits, catches neither” – Confucius I’ve quoted Confucius before when I spoke on why you need to give up on being the best. The catching 2 rabbits quote sounds like good advice, but like most things, it’s easy to let it ruin you. “The man who catches one rabbit, but […]
Why asking questions often destroys people.
“The Unexamined Life is not worth living.” – Socrates (and other random gurus). The common thought is to sit down and think about what matters to you, how to make your life better, how to progress, and all that typical stuff. But introspection is a slippery slope to hell if you’re not careful. When asking […]
Why your mind lies to you about what you REALLY want.
“Sit down and think about what you really want, write it down, and go after it!” – Typical guru. Why is it that people that achieve their goals aren’t always satisfied? Did they not really think about what they love before pursuing it? No. The reason is sitting down and thinking about the things you […]
The paradox of a bad decision being good.
It’s seldom that I think Napoleon Hill is not quite right, but he mentions failures make decisions slowly, and change the results of that decision quickly. Of course, this is a logical inaccuracy, since if you’re changing your mind quickly, that’s inherently a decision. So someone can’t logically make a decision quickly AND slowly. What […]
The 4 Tenants of Advice explain why advice doesn’t help you.
“Listen to me and take my advice.” – Random Guru. Someone that says this to a wide audience has no concepts of the main tenants of advice, which is for you to: A) Find the right person to listen to, B) Ask the right questions, C) Know yourself to know ‘where you are’ to adhere […]
Why success is all luck.
“Success isn’t luck. It’s a skill!” – Random guru. When you start something new, everything will feel like luck. Everything new and where you’re not sure if it will work or not is luck. Playing poker and winning a hand may feel like luck to a new player, but really these things are skill disguised […]
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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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