January 2012
4 posts
“Persuasion, in other words, often involves –
indeed, demands – compromise....”
– Jay Conger
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.annbadillo.com/leadership/files/necessary_art_persuasion_jay_conger.pdf&embedded=true&chrome=true
Note to self: Pinch pennies like the Oracle of...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/deborahljacobs/2012/01/02/you-can-get-rich-pinching-pennies-like-warren-buffett/
“The most valuable skill anyone can learn in college is how to learn efficiently...”
– Virginia Postrel
“There is only one thing in life that you can control: Your own effort”
– Mark Cuban
December 2011
4 posts
Strategies for Becoming Excellent
Strategy #1: Avoid Flow. Do What Does Not Come Easy.
“The mistake most weak pianists make is playing, not practicing. If you walk into a music hall at a local university, you’ll hear people ‘playing’ by running through their pieces. This is a huge mistake. Strong pianists drill the most difficult parts of their music, rarely, if ever playing through their pieces in entirety.”
Strategy #2: To...
““I had no choice, I just couldn’t get out of bed.”
“I...”
– Seth Godin
November 2011
11 posts
“If you spend one extra hour each day in the study of your chosen field,...”
– Earl Nightingale
“As an entrepreneur, notions of fairness quickly get replaced with reality. It...”
– Scott H. Young
How to Navigate Opportunities to Build Success-...
Doing What Others Won’t Do
This is the first part about ambition and hard work. If you want things in life (and this applies to way more than just careers) you need to be willing to work harder than the average person.
Doing What Others Can’t Do
The other part is about taking advantage of the opportunities that are exclusive to you. When you do this, you form a career path that is extremely...
“If it seems a bit depressing that the most important thing you can do to improve...”
– Geoff Colvin
http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/21/magazines/fortune/talent_colvin.fortune/index.htm
“Do less. But do what you do with complete and hard focus. Then when you’re done...”
– Cal Newport
http://calnewport.com/blog/2011/11/11/if-youre-busy-youre-doing-something-wrong-the-surprisingly-relaxed-lives-of-elite-achievers/
“When it is most hardest to give, give as if you were the richest man in the...”
– Paraphrase of James Altucher
Feeling unlucky? Maybe it is time to create your...
3 ideas from James Altucher:
-As Wayne Gretzky says, “skate to where the puck is going”
-Nourish relationships. The size of your network increases your luck exponentially. But relationships take Time to nourish.
-Passion. Luck will ALWAYS follow your passion.
http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/11/how-to-create-your-own-luck/
“He who chases two rabbits catches none.”
– Confucius
To be everywhere is to be nowhere
“To be everywhere is to be nowhere” – Seneca
Am I spreading myself too thin? Should I, instead of trying to over-diversify, choose a few things to focus intensely on so that I become the best in that respective field?
“this process of career crafting always begins with the mastery of something rare...”
– “The Career Craftsman” by Cal Newport http://calnewport.com/blog/2011/08/11/the-career-craftsman-manifesto/
October 2011
26 posts
“If You Propose To Speak, Always Ask Yourself, Is It True, Is It Necessary, Is It...”
– Buddha
“24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
another withholds unduly,...”
– Proverbs 11:24-25 (NIV)
“Nobody lies on his deathbed wishing he’d spent more time at the office.”
Stupid and lazy
“(Is it that you can’t do it or perhaps you don’t want to do the work?)
When I was in college, I took a ton of advanced math courses, three or four of them, until one day I hit the wall. Too many dimensions, transformations and toroids for me to keep in my head. I was too stupid to do really hard math so I stopped.
Was it that I was too stupid, or did I merely decide that with...
“Leadership isn’t about blaming others, but realizing any blame levied should...”
– Mike Myatt
“Good Leaders Pass the Credit and Take the Blame.”
– Tobias Fredberg
“If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be...”
“Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
– Thomas Edison
“I do not trust people who don’t love themselves and yet tell me, ‘I love you.’...”
– Maya Angelou (via michaelgtucker)
“Ideas that most people derided as ridiculous have produced the best outcomes....”
– Fred Wilson
“Success and profitability are outcomes of focusing on customers and employees,...”
– Jack Ma
“Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.”
– Michael Dell
“Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve...”
– George Lucas
brassman42:
“What does it mean to humble ourselves? It is choosing to be known for who we are - no more than we are, and no less.”
- Dean Sherman
“Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be...”
– Albert Einstein
“Sometimes starting a business is not about creating the next big thing,...”
– Felecia Hatcher
“An idea is only as good as its ability to be executed, and the success or...”
– Michael Peggs
“Good ideas don’t come from age; they come from thoughtfulness. I feel energetic,...”
– Som Seif
“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the...”
– MACHIAVELLI
“A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate...”
– MACHIAVELLI
“If you do not fish often, the fish have little chance to bite.”
“he fish not caught on the first try is larger when finally caught.”
“You cannot catch a fish without being near the water”
“When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails.”
– H. Jackson Brown
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours...”
– Life’s Little Instruction Book, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
September 2011
53 posts
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
– Milton Berle
“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
“You must resist the temptation to purchase a marginal company just because you...”
– The Warren Buffett Way
“You know you have approached Buffet’s level when your attention turns to...”
– “The Warren Buffett Way”
“When Buffett invests, he sees a business. Most investors see only a stock...”
– “The Warren Buffett way”