What instead of Why Asking ‘Why’ looks backward and sounds like an accusation. But the bigger problem is that when we feel we understand why someone did something, we can blame that reason and understand how we are separate from it. You won’t find a single ‘why’ question in Ask Read more…
Many of u grew up for the most part of our lives trying to discover our ‘right’ personality by gathering as much information and experience as possible. Through all of this is the underlying assumption that our personality is ‘innate’, unchangeable and that we were born ‘hardwired’ as the person Read more…
Simplify. Say Less. Get More. The key to effective pitch or presentation is to separate what you ‘want’ to say from just what ‘needs’ to be said. The 3-minute rule explains how to do just that. “Simplicity is power. Clarity is compelling. Information is value.” The 2 Misconceptions of Read more…
The term ‘Brag’ is a negative word. ‘Brag Better’ is here to change that. Bragging Better requires cultivating pride in your work and then taking small actions that help you share it with those around you. “Bragging Better is about giving yourself credit and getting your megaphone out.” Brag Read more…
Everyday is groundhog day. The creative life isn’t linear. It’s not a straight line from point A to point B. It’s more like a loop, or a spiral, in which you keep coming back to a new starting point after every endeavor. No matter how successful you get or the Read more…
You don’t have to be a genius. “That’s all of us are – amateurs. We don’t live long enough to be anything else.” – Charlie Chaplin Remembering we all will be dead soon is the most important tool you’ll encounter to help you make big choices in your life. “Remembering Read more…
Everyone wants to be great until it’s time to do what greatness requires. Everyone wants to start the next IKEA but a few are willing to put in the work and be faithful in selling matches door to door. Everyone wants to build the next Apple and Facebook but a Read more…
The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at Read more…
Soichiro Honda was just a fifteen-year-old boy in 1992. Honda left home to take a job at Art Shokai, one of Tokyo’s first auto repair shops. Honda lacked a formal education so he had to start off by sweeping the floors until he developed a reputation of creative hardworker. One Read more…
Kindle | Hardcover | Audiobook The VAK System A widely accepted approach to looking at learning styles is the VAK system that bases one’s learning preferences on the three main sensory receivers. In the VAK system, learning styles include: Visual – Visual learners prefer to see or observe things, such as Read more…