Inspiration
Notes for my keynote talk today
This morning I’m giving a keynote (i.e. kickoff) talk at an event, and the theme is around “Passion”. I like talking about passion :) I decided to do something different for this talk. Instead of using slides, I’ll have no slides, but I’ll have this page of notes to help guide me. I’m also going…
Read More“It’s rare that someone screws up in an area that they’re passionate about. People generally screw up in areas they don’t care about.”
Terrific quote from Peter Platzer, CEO of Spire, in this Fast Company article. I have rarely seen people who are passionate about what they’re doing mess up in big ways. And personally in my experience, the times I’ve messed up the most have been when I wasn’t really into what I was doing at the…
Read More10 Mistakes I’ve Made So You Won’t Have To – the PDF version thanks to Foundr Magazine
The publisher of Foundr Magazine reached out to me and asked if they could publish my blog post, Ten Mistakes I’ve Made So You Won’t Have To, in their October issue. And they were kind enough to send me a PDF of the article, which they did a fantastic job of making look much better than…
Read MoreWhen it comes to your job, passion should trump money every time
I went to visit a friend at his new job recently and he seemed like an entirely different person. He lit up when he talked about the business and the work that he’s doing. Heck, I wanted to work there after hearing him talk about it! I felt like high-fiving people on the street after I…
Read MoreTurning a lack of talent into a competitive advantage
Jim Courier and Andre Agassi were both at Bollettieri’s tennis academy when they were junior tennis players. In a recent article I was reading, Courier talked about how he resented the fact that he was up at 7am for the mandatory practices and Agassi was allowed to stroll into practice at 11am. Yet even with…
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