Bruce Lee’s Letters to Himself Reveal His Personal Development Process
“Among people, a great majority don’t feel comfortable at all with the unknown — that is anything foreign that threatens their protected daily mould — so for th...
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You Should Listen to Seth Godin’s New Podcast
“I’m supposed to pigeonhole it. Put it in a box, position it, tell you exactly what it’s going to be and tie a bow around it. But I can’t do that for you.”
Rituals Are More Powerful Than Routines
“Routine is about function: the stuff we need to, or have to, get out of the way. Rituals, on the other hand, are informed by intent.”
How to Create a Joke like a Late Night Talk Show Host
“When you have to write over 100 topical jokes each day, there’s no time to wait for inspiration to strike. You need a reliable algorithm.”
How to Tell Stories like Abraham Lincoln
“You need to spark people’s interest by starting with the context, then hold their attention because something happens that causes a change, then end with an ou...
A New Way for Organizations to Develop and Monetize Their Audience
“No matter who you are, whether a first time attendee, or repeat buyer, or new subscriber, or long time donor, or anywhere in between, we have a specific plan f...
How to Rewrite the Story of Your Life
“Every hero has an origin story, but it’s possible you’ve chosen the wrong story to define how you came to be the person you are.”
How a Conversation Dinner Can Change the Way You Communicate
“Most conversations nowadays are one-sided, involving one party simply waiting for his or her turn to speak. The Conversation Dinner was something else. It felt...
What Nobody Tells You About Finding Mentors
“We need to stop telling them, ‘Get a mentor and you will excel,’ Instead we need to tell them, ‘Excel and you will get a mentor.’”
Why the Four Biggest Tech Companies Should Be Broken Up
“How would we feel if one company controlled 92 percent of the global construction and engineering trade? Or 92 percent of the world’s paper and forest products...