Lessons in maintaining hunger and drive from Billy Mays, Sylvester Stallone, and the world's top performers The relentless pursuit of excellence means never losing your hunger for success Last week, I was watching Pitchmen on the Discovery Channel because they were playing every episode in the series, which allowed me a chance to watch all of them (filled up my DVR). It is a great show and I really like Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan,...
Why defining your fears might be more important than defining your goals—a Stoic approach to overcoming paralysis and taking action Fear-setting helps us confront and overcome the psychological barriers that prevent meaningful action In his thought-provoking TED Talk, Tim Ferriss asks a question that challenges conventional wisdom about success and achievement: Could defining your fears be more important than defining your goals? As someone who's recently begun reading his book The 4-Hour Workweek, I find...
Insights into the innovation culture that keeps Google at the forefront of technology Google fosters creativity and collaboration among employees In the fast-paced world of technology, few companies have maintained their innovative edge as successfully as Google. From its humble beginnings as a search engine startup to becoming one of the world's most valuable companies, Google has consistently pushed the boundaries of what's possible in technology and business. At the heart of Google's success lies...
My son and I have been having lots of fun with the baby birds that decided to call our front patio home. We come home, and he first looks for our dog in the window and next the bird's nest above the front door. I blogged last week about the birds who were growing fast and making a big mess of the front patio in the process. A few days ago I noticed two of...
What I learned: "David’s victory over Goliath, in the Biblical account, is held to be an anomaly. It was not. Davids win all the time. The political scientist Ivan Arreguín-Toft recently looked at every war fought in the past two hundred years between strong and weak combatants. The Goliaths, he found, won in 71.5 percent of the cases. That is a remarkable fact. Arreguín-Toft was analyzing conflicts in which one side was at least ten...
How embracing failure drives innovation and breakthrough success There's something profoundly counterintuitive about celebrating failure. Our educational systems, career paths, and social norms often train us to avoid mistakes at all costs. Yet some of the world's most innovative organizations and individuals take a radically different approach—they view failure not as something to be feared, but as an essential component of breakthrough success. The video above offers fascinating insights into Honda's racing philosophy, where failure...