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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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MONTHLY LEADERSHIP NOTES
business insights to shift your paradigm
I write from distilled experience and acute observation. Written by a CEO for CEOs.
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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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When the Founder Becomes the Bottleneck
At the last webinar, I spoke about the founder’s mindset and how it differs from an entrepreneurial mindset. Successful startups…
Bill Gates
Microsoft Founder
Warren Buffett
Investment Legend
Jeff Bezos
Amazon Founder
what do these minds have in common?
they are old, you say? well, maybe... but that's not it.
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From a library of international bestsellers, these hand-picked titles represent the most powerful catalysts for personal and professional transformation.
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Messengers
This book will help you:
Gain powerful insights that will transform your perspective and accelerate your growth
Amp It Up
This book will help you:
Transform your leadership and company performance with Frank Slootman's aggressive growth playbook
Selling the Wheel
This book will help you:
Master the art of selling by matching your approach to where customers are in their buying journey
The Long Tail
This book will help you:
Profit from niche markets and discover why the future of business is selling less of more
Measure What Matters
This book will help you:
Drive breakthrough results with OKRs, the goal-setting system used by Google and Intel
Cold Steel
This book will help you:
Master the mindset and tactics of history's greatest warriors for modern success
LIFE REFLECTIONS
philosophy that makes you think
More than 400 reflections on all things life
Finding Purpose
Why do Marriages Fail?
"What do you think is the most important element in a marriage? The magic word is not love. Read on."
Overcoming Fear
Nirvana
"Incredible lessons from the last days of Buddha's life."
Building Resilience
Why do Your Plans Fail?
"No matter how fascinating your dream, how great your plan, you must be in touch with reality if you want to succeed."
Creating Balance
How to Overcome Distractions
"Before giving in to a distraction, ask yourself: is this my best move?"
Embracing Change
The Two Spiritual Approaches
"There are two ways to lead your life or walk the spiritual path — the way of the spider or the bee."
Mastering Emotions
Single Parents and Broken Marriages
"Give yourself a chance to bloom and say no to an abusive marriage. Never allow anyone to crush your dignity."
Achieving Success
The Art of Love
"Love is not as much about perfection and compatibility as it is about understanding and harmony."
Finding Peace
Housekeeping
"Gratitude is like a sticky date pudding with ice-cream. Warm so it heals, cold so it soothes."
Building Relationships
The Source of Emotions
"Emotions are the dewdrops that vanish upon the dawn of mindfulness. Practice this simple meditation to go to the root."