One of the bigger misconceptions of learning is that many skills take a lifetime to get world-class at, or 10,000 hours to become world-class at.
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As you stumble and learn, stumble and learn again, resolve to talk to yourself as if you were your best friend. So no What a #?%$@ idiot! when your BFF smashes an egg on the floor, m'kay? Be cool, lik...
Each delegated task must be both time-consuming and well-defined. If you’re running around like a chicken with its head cut off and assign your VA to do that for you, it doesn’t improve the order of t...
Age doesn't matter: an open mind does.
You don't have to travel, but I find extended travel to be a helpful tool for reexamining yourself and the constraints you've artificially placed on your life. It's easy to believe everything has to b...
What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the real world? The seminal change in the business from then to now is that a young person should view the career pyramid d...
So much of the job is more emotion and ‘heart work’ than it is ‘head work.’ The head comes in after, to look at what the heart has presented and to organize it. But the initial inspiration comes from...
Sigue tus sueños. Es imposible hacerlo sin conocerse uno mismo, lo cual lleva años.
It is possible to become world-class, enter the top 5% of performers in the world, in almost any subject within 6-12 months, or even 6-12 weeks.
Don’t save it all for the end. There is every reason not to.
I like work/life separation, not work/life balance. What I mean by that is, if I'm on, I want to be on and maximally productive. If I'm off, I don't want to think about work. When people strive for wo...
The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.
Banging on a keyboard, and coming home to a drunken existence on the weekends?
Work wherever and whenever you want, but get your work done.
We should remember the warning of the wise Grail knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: You must choose, but choose wisely, for as the true Grail will bring you life, the false Grail will take...
The basis for the energy drink Red Bull came from a tonic in Thailand, and the Smurfs were brought from Belgium. Pokémon came from the land of Honda. The band KISS made millions in record and concert...
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.
Look for a partner you’ll try to impress daily, and one who will try to impress you. Over the last couple decades, I’ve noticed that the best, most enduring partnerships in business (and in life) are...
It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case you fail by default.—J. K. Rowling