I can’t believe I’ve been sleeping on Raptitude, a blog by David Cain, for so long. I recently was sent this post about 67 pieces of advice and it’s pure gold. Some of my favorites: 11. Learn the difference between something that makes you feel bad, and something that’s wrong. A thing can feel bad …
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If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t f*ck ’em. – John Waters If women take up John Waters on this advice you’d be in trouble. Read books. A lot of books. Fiction, non-fiction, whatever you enjoy. Just read. Why should you read? There are too many answers to that question. …
If you’re a human and not reading James Altucher you’re missing out. I forget how I initially heard about him but I read his book, “Choose Yourself” and I’ve been a fan ever since. His post from today was about getting rid of excuses. There’s ALWAYS a gap between “what I have now” and “what …
Watch this: Then watch this by Jim Valvano. This is my favorite speech ever.
“All I want to know is where I’m going to die so I’ll never go there.” – Charlie Munger Inversion is one of the few things that has had the most impact on the way I go about thinking about things. Instead of focusing on what I want, I’ve found it to be just as …
There is a growing amount of uncertainty in my line of work (more about that here if you’re interested). Naturally clients have been asking more questions like, “Why is this happening?”, and “What’s going on?” Initially in my career I would never have admitted to a client that the answer to their burning question is …
Don’t ever stop putting forward ideas. Ideas are currency. Keep the idea muscle in top shape. Don’t try to be liked by everybody. Half the people are going to hate you either way. If you show ambition, people will despise you for it, but if you show no ambition, the other half will hate you. …
There are few things you do throughout the day which nobody else can do as well as you. Spend time doing those things and try to offload everything else. When you know the few things which have the biggest impact you should focus on those exclusively. Ricardo’s Law of Comparative Advantage says so. Example: I’m …
From The Effective Executive: To make strength productive is the unique purpose of organization. It cannot, of course, overcome the weaknesses with which each of us is abundantly endowed. But it can make them irrelevant. Its task is to use the strength of each man as a building block for joint performance. Everybody is good …
From The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli: In his book Influence, Robert Cialdini tells the story of two brothers, Sid and Harry, who ran a clothing store in 1930s America. Sid was in charge of sales and Harry led the tailoring department. Whenever Sid noticed that the customers who stood before the mirror really …
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