If you lose 50% how much do you need to make to get back to where you were? Not 50%
You have to make 100% to get back to even.
How do you measure success?
I have committed myself to the study of success. Not just successful business people, but sportspeople, philanthropists, humanitarians, artists, anyone who is doing the exceptional and living an exceptional life. I’ve done this by reading biographies, reading their books, listening to interviews, and in some cases getting to know them personally. From getting to know these people I’ve noticed two common themes.
What if failure became OK?
Who are you spending most of your time with?
This is an important question. Because you are becoming them.
Dr David McClelland of Harvard University found, over a thirty year study period that our reference groups, the people we habitually associate with determine 95% of our success or failure.
So if you just do one thing this year then reviewing your ‘reference group’ is likely to have the biggest impact.
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In arguments, we often want to be right. But being right is not the same as being wise.
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have ambition.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.
We often try to outrun the storm, emotionally, physically, spiritually.
We’re entering an age where machines do our thinking before we’ve even had a chance to try.
Find the cause to find the cure
When people aren’t getting the results they want, they using look to what actions are being taken. But results come from actions, which are driven by behaviours, which are driven by beliefs.
Find and address the root cause, or it’s like turning up the music in a car to disguise the noise that tells you your engine is about to blow a head gasket.
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In arguments, we often want to be right. But being right is not the same as being wise.
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have ambition.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.
We often try to outrun the storm, emotionally, physically, spiritually.
We’re entering an age where machines do our thinking before we’ve even had a chance to try.