Subscribe below to receive a new post via email every Thursday.
A friend of mine is starting a new business.
However, he’s a little self-conscious about calling it a business. That’s because it hasn’t made any money yet. But, strictly speaking, it’s not a hobby. The intention is not to just have fun. The intention is profit, eventually.
How do we bridge that gap? How do we launch the thing if we aren’t sure whether it is going to work?
Read MoreI took up tennis a few summers ago because I didn’t know how to win.
Whenever I was up, whether in an actual game or in a real-life circumstance, I would slow down.
And whenever I was down, I would hang in there too long without taking decisive action, tell myself it was okay, or give up.
Read MoreMy favorite, favorite thing to do is work with people who already incredible at what they do.
Sure, it's kind of cheating. It's not very hard to help someone great become even greater.
Superstars move quickly, meaning that results show up quickly, too. And they tend to make a big impact. They influence others, meaning that helping these leaders is a way of helping many people all at once.
Read MoreI used to have a tendency to back off when I was winning.
Whether it was a board game or a bit of business success, some combination of guilt, laziness, or fatigue would lead me to coast a bit, leading to diminished results and even losses.
In order to curb this tendency, I took up tennis. I learned how to follow through on a swing and commit to a play. I practiced keeping up the intensity all the way to the end of a match, even when I was losing.
Read MoreMonopoly is an awful game.
It takes forever to get going and forever to end. It involves too much luck, even without “Free Parking” jackpots.
And once someone starts winning, their victory is irreversible and soon makes the game miserable for everyone, even the winner. It feels icky to be the greedy landlord, riding high on your ill-gotten gains, relentlessly collecting rents in some dystopian Atlantic City where you’ve already bled your tenants dry and sent your own siblings to jail.
Read More
