Reading Time: 2 minI recently read Jim Rohn’s classic book “7 Strategies for Wealth and Happiness“. As I’ve done with a few books lately, I had a brief discussion about it with GPT-4o to see if there were insights that I missed. I asked for the main takeaway from the book and got this response: One of the […]
Learning
Creativity isn’t about writing or drawing
Reading Time: < 1 minI consider myself to be rather creative when it comes to solving problems, but not at all creative when it comes to art. So does that make me “creative” or not? In a fantastic podcast episode of The Futur, Blair Enns referenced Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi with a simple quote that aims to add some clarity to […]
Make mistakes once
Reading Time: < 1 minMaking mistakes can be a fantastic way to learn, even if you sometimes make them intentionally. Given that they’re a way to learn, though, repeatedly making the same one isn’t going to be very effective. In a conversation last year with Donald Miller, Seth Godin said something to the effect of: “Encourage people to make […]
Truths depend on our own point of view
Reading Time: 2 minThere are a lot of absolute truths in the world, but many are subjective. For example, I can 100% prove that Chick-Fil-A has the fastest drive-thru of all similar restaurants, but I can also 100% prove that they have the slowest. Both are true, but they depend on your point of view. In Star Wars: […]
Wantrepreneurs are content consumers
Reading Time: 2 minPeople that work to grow their business generally fall into one of two camps: entrepreneurs and wantrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs work with their plan, and wantrepreneurs just hope that things work out along the way. Both can succeed, but the odds are much higher for one over the other. It reminds me a bit of Antoine de […]
Repeat versus fresh content
Reading Time: 2 minWhen deciding what content to dig into (books, podcasts, etc), I’m often faced with an interesting decision: do I want to explore something new, or revisit an old favorite? Over the last year, I’ve been doing a lot of revisiting in place of new content. I’m still reading a few new books every month, but […]
The insatiable need to know more
Reading Time: < 1 minAs time goes on, I’m finding that people who are always striving to learn more tend to have more success in business. From my vantage point, it seems to cover two areas: There was a point in the past where you could essentially just keep things steady, but the time for that is gone and […]
Every idea is half-baked at some point
Reading Time: < 1 minWe’ve always heard about how bad “half-baked ideas” usually are, but every idea goes through that stage at some point. It certainly could be problematic to move forward with a half-baked idea, but having a half-baked idea means that you might be on to something good. In his book “Steal the Show“, author Michael Port […]
Your future self will wonder what you were thinking
Reading Time: < 1 minFor most of us, we can look back at ourselves from 10 years ago and think “wow, I had no idea what I was doing”. It’s uncomfortable to appreciate, but it stands to reason that in 10 years we’ll look back at ourselves today and think the same thing. In his book “Clear Thinking“, Shane […]
Summaries can create blind spots
Reading Time: 2 minI’m a big fan of summaries, as they can be a great way to get a lot of information in a short period of time. Blinkist creates fantastic summaries, and I certainly read them quite often. That said, summaries can leave you short. In his book “Clear Thinking“, Shane Parrish shares: Reading a summary might […]