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I participate in a program called D.E.A.R. which stands for Drop Everything and Read, where a few times a month I come in and read to each class.
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
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The more we associate experience with cash value, the more we think that money is what we need to live. And the more we associate money with life, the more we convince ourselves that we're too poor to buy our freedom.
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The options are limitless, but each path begins with the same first step: replacing assumptions.
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Who you portray in your marketing isn't necessarily the only demographic who buys your product--it's often the demographic that most people want to identify with or belong to.
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Cooking practice can be expensive and impractical. If you have the time, you can practice your tennis serve a thousand times a day for a few dollars. Making a thousand omelets a day? That's a different story.
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The most complicated letters in English, like E and W, have four strokes. Many Japanese characters have more than 15 strokes
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Cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti, born 1774, was called "the Devil" on many occasions. The charming Italian could speak at least 39 languages and, by some accounts, had been tested in 72. As arguably the world's most famous hyperpolyglot, he was also systematic."
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Rosetta Stone language kiosk. I asked if I could try their Turkish demo, which the woman was kind enough to let me test-drive for 15 minutes. I skipped to a Level 3 test, which is intended to be taken after 120-150 hours of study, and scored more than 80% correct. In addition to saving me time, that 30-minute, 12-sentence audit saved me $399.
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Endings don't have to be failures, especially when you choose to end a project or shut down a business. . . . Even the best gigs don't last forever. Nor should they.
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You can't reason someone out of something they didn't reason themselves into.
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What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the "real world"? Work harder than everyone else. Of course, that is easy when you love your job. But you might not love your first, or second, or even third job. That doesn't matter. Work harder than everyone else. In order to get the job you love or start the company you want, you have to build your resume, your reputation, and your bank account. The best way to ..
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6--"Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity. You'll avoid the tough decisions, and you'll avoid confronting the people who need to be confronted."--Colin Powell"
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What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the "real world"? What advice should they ignore? Nobody really knows what the world and the job market will look like in 2040, hence nobody knows what to teach young people today. Consequently, it is likely that most of what you currently learn at school will be irrelevant by the time you are 40. So what should you focus on? My best advice is to focus on personal ..
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What is one of the best or most worthwhile investments you've ever made? Investing in Cobra back in the early '90s. My $ 1.8 million investment earned me $ 40 million after the company was bought by Acushnet. I rolled that money back into my business. The decision was a no-brainer for three reasons: My investment got me 12 percent of Cobra and the allocation of my investment was put to R& D. During this era, Callaway was the first to go to ..
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Yet change is usually stressful, and after a certain age, most people don't like to change. When you are 16, your entire life is change, whether you like it or not. Your body is changing, your mind is changing, your relationships are changing--everything is in flux. You are busy inventing yourself. By the time you are 40, you don't want change. You want stability. But in the twenty-first century, you won't be able to enjoy that luxury. If y..
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The following resources are all free and complement lessons in this book. Many of them provide jumping-off points to tools I now use on a daily or weekly basis. Links to all "most gifted" and "most recommended" books in Tribe of Mentors--tim.blog/ booklist"
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true fulfillment comes from love of the process.
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If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it, what would it say and why? A single bottom line of profit motive no longer serves our interdependent world. We must move from a focus on shareholders to one on stakeholders, take a long-term view, and measure what matters, not just what we can count. That's a lot easier to say than to do. So we created a manifesto at Acumen, a moral compass to guide our decisions and actio..
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What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the "real world"? What advice should they ignore? If you're really smart, you'll drop the drivenness. It doesn't matter what's driving you; when you're driven, you are like a leaf, driven by the wind. You have no real autonomy. You are bound to be blown off course, even if you reach what you believe is your goal. And don't confuse being driven with being authentica..
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What are bad recommendations you hear in your profession or area of expertise? The biggest one is that international audiences won't see films about people of color. It's particularly insidious, but it's reflective of a broader issue wherein Hollywood accepts conventional wisdom that is more convention than wisdom without interrogating whether there's any evidence to support those assumptions. What advice would you give to a smart, driven c..
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If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it, what would it say and why? I would need three billboards: "Don't let the weight of fear weigh down the joy of curiosity." Fear is really false evidence appearing real. "The great majority of that which gives you angst never happens, so you must evict it." Don't let it live rent-free in your brain. "Attitude puts aptitude on steroids." Attitude is the soft stuff, but when t..
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The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp. If you want to be a hands-on parent and also have some version of a career, this book is gold. I usually send it with another book called The Sleepeasy Solution, written by Jennifer Waldburger
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What is the book (or books) you've given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life? Books that influenced me the most: The Transformed Cell by Steven A. Rosenberg Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me) by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it, what would it say? Are there any..
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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." -Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome and Stoic philosopher, author of Meditations"
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If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it, what would it say and why? Are there any quotes you think of often or live your life by? The quote I live by is "By any means necessary." It's from Malcolm X. When I was in college, I read The Autobiography of Malcolm X and was blown away by the determination and commitment that Malcolm X had to his people and to fight against a system that was not designed to support or h..
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The phrase that I probably use the most to myself in my head is just one word: accept.
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How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a "favorite failure" of yours? There was a period when I was drinking at every show, and I was DJing a lot, maybe four nights a week, playing local shows in Los Angeles. I had a couple of Dim Mak parties, and we were on top of the world! We had cornered the market with our sound and culture, and I was just getting booked left and right. I was the ambassador of..
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I think we go about desiring things all day long, and then wondering why we're unhappy.
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If you can't see yourself working with someone for life, don't work with them for a day.
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Earn with your mind, not your time.
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instead they give me a new approach to thinking about the question so that I can solve it better on my own. Most "bad" recommendations"
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YOU TOOK YOUR SHOT." Instantly I felt free and in control. I knew from then on that I could have the courage to fail on my own terms. From that moment, I decided that if I was going to succeed or fail, it was going to be up to me. I was changed forever."
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Usually, the answer is, "You can die." Then I answer back, "I'd rather die doing something I feel is great and amazing rather than be safe and comfortable living a life I hate."
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On my coffee table at home, I have a piece of driftwood. Its sole purpose is to display a quote by Anais Nin, which I see every day: "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." It's a short reminder that success can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations we are willing to have, and by the number of uncomfortable actions we are willing to take. The most fulfilled and effective people I know--world-famo..
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What is the book (or books) you've given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life? The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Jim Dethmer and Diana Chapman. Though most people will typically blame other people or circumstances in their life when they are unhappy, Buddhists believe that we are the cause of our own suffering. We can't control the fact that bad things are going to happen..
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A Lonely Place Is an Unmotivated Place
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If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present." --Lao Tzu"
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Having an unusually large goal is an adrenaline infusion that provides the endurance to overcome the inevitable trials and tribulations that go along with any goal. Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel. If the potential payoff is mediocre or average, so is your effort.
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we wear our ability to get by on very little sleep as a kind of badge of honor that symbolizes work ethic, or toughness, or some other virtue--but really, it's a total profound failure of priorities and of self-respect.
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Rissa Kerguelen by F. M. Busby. I read this now largely forgotten science fiction book at about the time I was starting my company, and it influenced me deeply. One key idea is the role of entrepreneurship as a "subversive force." In a world dominated by large companies, it is the smaller companies that keep freedom alive, with economics at least one of the battlegrounds. This book gave me the courage to submerge myself in the details of a ..
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Hi Tim, Patience. Far too soon to expect strength improvements. Strength improvements [for a movement like this] take a minimum of 6 weeks. Any perceived improvements prior to that are simply the result of improved synaptic facilitation. In plain English, the central nervous system simply became more efficient at that particular movement with practice. This is, however, not to be confused with actual strength gains. Dealing with the tempora..
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Am I being productive or just active? Charney captured the essence of this with less-abstract wording: Am I inventing things to do to avoid the important? He eliminated all of the activities he used as crutches and began to focus on demonstrating results instead of showing dedication. Dedication is often just meaningless work in disguise. Be ruthless and cut the fat.
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information without emotion isn't retained.
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