GREAT business advice from Jason Fried, co-founder and President of 37signals. Lessons learned at 37signals Start time: 0:33 In this talk, Jason discusses what he’s learned at 37signals over the years. Topics covered: The idea that you should “fail early, fail often” is bogus. Plans are guesses. Interruption is the enemy of productivity. Sell your…
“Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions.” ~ Tony Robbins My Secret of Frustration™ applies a layered-discovery-approach (LDA) to frustration, revealing the root-cause as a screaming solution buried deep within.
Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to…
My Mom always worries that my brother and I won’t make it home safely and wants us to call when we get home. We only live 2 miles away. A state-of-worry is not the same as a state-of-grace. How much better for my Mom, and us, if she sent healing and blessing thoughts, instead of…
“Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you don’t have time to criticize others.” ~ Jim Rohn
Making people pay and targeting nonconsumption Making people pay Start time: 0:35 Giving something away for free is fine as a step one as long as it leads to a step two where you charge for your product. Pick a price that seems fair to you and that you’d be willing to pay. If you’re not…
Scott H. Young’s site is my newest source for “getting more out of life!” “Goal-setting isn’t about adding more work. It’s about ruthlessly saying no to everything else. Productivity isn’t defined by how much work you do, but the amount of work you ignore. “The easiest way to maintain a ruthless focus is to say…
The Power of Positive Thinking by Remez Sasson Positive thinking is a mental attitude that admits into the mind thoughts, words and images that are conductive to growth, expansion and success. It is a mental attitude that expects good and favorable results. A positive mind anticipates happiness, joy, health and a successful outcome of every…
“If you use a word often enough, it becomes you!” ~Anna Deavere Smith, quoting her father (Bill Moyers Journal interview)
Starting your own business It’s one thing to try and convince your family that you’re doing the right thing. It’s an entirely different beast trying to get other people to take the plunge with you. Motivation is key If you’re not entirely convinced you can be successful, you won’t be. The thing people most often…