Collection of short posts and short stories.
Date: November 9 2017 “The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient history, nineteenth century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, flower arranging, and hog futures. He never knows when these ideas…
July 29, 2017 “Scott for scientific method, Amundsen for speed and efficiency but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton” Sir Raymond Priestly
If you’ve got entrepreneurial goals, this is the classic model that’s been drilled into our heads: The founder has a vision of how to change the world. He partners with other co-founders and hires people who can execute on his…
I was rereading Abundance by Steven Kotler and Peter Diamandis (Founder of the X Prize), on this hungover saturday morning. In the first chapter Abu Dhabi’s project to build a post petroleum city, Masdar, to tackle the future scenarios of…
What is the nature of our inner citadel? (Image credit: arajayempee) Sometimes when reading we try and find answers, a clue to the internal monologue that will push us to the ideal character or the ideal action that will get…
Make a profit from Day One. Focus on getting your customers to love you. Everything else will work itself out Make your business as low maintenance as possible; so you can focus on what’s important. (4 Hour Work Week; The…
Once in a while a book comes along which ties up a-lot of unanswered questions you’ve been thinking about. Ryan Holiday’s new book has been just that for me. If you don’t know Ryan Holiday is the Director of Marketing…