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Building Wealth or Building a Business
Building wealth and building a business are not the same thing. One is the byproduct, it's a number, but the…
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business insights to shift your paradigm
I write from distilled experience and acute observation. Written by a CEO for CEOs.
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If Anyone Can Build Anything, What’s Left to Defend?
Not so long ago, software took twenty people and six months. Today one person can ship it in a weekend.…
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The Loneliness at the Top
To do your job effectively, you can't come down from the top, you are needed up there, the work is…
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Eating Your Own Dogfood
For more than two decades now, I’ve rarely eaten dinner late into the night. I try to eat before sunset…
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What You Tolerate, You Endorse
Tolerating bad behavior feels like kindness. It's actually a transfer of pain, from the person who earned it to everyone…
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Move the Needle
With one of my coachees we delivered 52.5x growth in share price over six years. Looking back, the operating principle…
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Blue Ocean Strategy
This book will help you:
Create uncontested market space and make the competition irrelevant
Measure What Matters
This book will help you:
Drive breakthrough results with OKRs, the goal-setting system used by Google and Intel
The Black Swan
This book will help you:
Prepare for unpredictable events that shape our world and profit from uncertainty
The Innovator’s Dilemma
This book will help you:
Understand why great companies fail and how to avoid disruption in your industry
Seeking Wisdom
This book will help you:
Acquire mental models from Darwin to Munger that help you make better decisions in life and business
Eat That Frog!
This book will help you:
Conquer procrastination and achieve more by tackling your most important tasks first
LIFE REFLECTIONS
philosophy that makes you think
More than 400 reflections on all things life
Finding Purpose
Of What Good is Goodness?
"No matter how many clouds of what color, the sky goes back to being blue. Don't let go of your goodness."
Overcoming Fear
The Right to Dream
"What does it take to realize a dream? Here's an inspirational true life story."
Building Resilience
Guru
"A guru-disciple relationship probably represents the most sublime and unique bond in this world."
Creating Balance
Just Right
"It's a skill that can take a lifetime to master: to know when something is just right."
Embracing Change
What Type of Meditator are You?
"The rewards of meditation are directly proportional to the intensity and quality of your practice. Here's something to think about."
Mastering Emotions
Overcoming Negative Thoughts and Emotions
"Just like a lotus stays above mire and water, you can stay above negative thoughts and emotions."
Achieving Success
Making Your Dreams Come True
"Why do some people succeed quicker than others? Believing in your dreams is the key."
Finding Peace
Choosing a Master
"How do you evaluate a guru? Or can you?"
Building Relationships
It Hurts More When Cold
"Coldness turns soft snow into hard ice, brittle and cold. When you are cold inside, it hurts more, you become more fragile."