if you have never watched steve jobs’ speech at stanford’s commencement in 2005, you need to. if you don’t have the time to watch it, you can read it. i just watched it again this weekend and the thoughts are invaluable. in his speech job tells three stories in order to communicate these three ideas: make the best [...]
triple your rate of failure
just found an awesome post on failure. as of this year, i have come to love the idea of failure because i believe it is so critical to success. anyway, this idea begs you to triple your rate of failure. sound dramatic? i believe in all of it. here are a few of my posts on failure [...]
your work week just got reduced to 0
blogger and now author, jonathan mead just released his new ebook, the zero hour work week. of course, the title is a clear play on tim ferris’s four hour work week , which gets you to his big idea: when you do what you love, work no longer feels like work. his 60 page ebook (did i [...]
we need you to lead us
the ideas in seth godin's newest book have become gospel for marketers and leaders alike. this video hits on many of the core themes.
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surprise and delight
love seth’s quick post. do you want to surprise and/or delight people? you should want to do both! most people and most brands choose to do neither. when is the last time your customers, interviewers, or boss was surprised and delighted by you? if you’re not doing it, it’s a good chance your competition is.
extraordinary people don’t just think
seth godin talks about how generating ideas is the easy part, it's making it happen that is the difficult part.
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