Show me the person who has never failed and you’ll be showing me a person who has never accomplished anything. Failure is a natural part of life. We all have to go through it at one point or another. It can’t be helped. You may not be able to change the fact that failures and […]
Why Do So Many Billionaires Drop Out of College?
Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg both dropped out of Harvard. David Geffen went to college for only three semesters before leaving. Ralph Lauren, Ted Turner and Steve Jobs are others who dropped out before getting their bachelor’s degrees. All are billionaires; all are college dropouts. The actual list of billionaires has even more college dropouts. […]
The 5 Principles for Achieving Greatness in Anything
A reporter once asked Muhammad Ali how many sit ups he could do. The great boxer said he didn’t know. He only started counting when it started hurting. This is the story I like to think about when I think about reaching greatness. Muhammad Ali is generally considered one of the greatest boxers of all […]
The Last Day of Your Life
I know it’s a rather morbid idea, but every once in a while I like to imagine what the last day of my life will look like. It’s more a matter of intellectual curiosity than grim preoccupation. I can actually trace back to the moment when I started doing this. It all started with a […]
Your Everyday Decisions Are More Important Than You Realize
It’s easy to look back on your past and see how big decisions have changed your life. What’s harder to do is look back and realize how all those small everyday decisions have impacted you. Most people give a lot of thought to making big decisions, but how many of us give much thought to […]
7 Truths About Fear That Build Courage
Can you have courage without fear? By definition, courage is the ability to confront fear and uncertainty. You really can’t have one without the other. Some of the best things you can do for yourself require courage. Fear is what holds you back. But the two are so interlinked that you can never quite separate […]
The Willingness to Say Controversial and Outrageous Things
In the roughly three years I’ve had this blog, I’ve published a few posts that some people have considered a little controversial. At least that’s the general consensus I got from the blast of negative comments I received. A few of those times were completely unintentional, but admittedly some were deliberately provoking. And in those […]