Ideas Mean Nothing. The Measure of Your Success Is the Measure of Your Ability To ________?
I’ll answer this at the bottom. Don’t skip ahead, read all of it, it’s good. Why in the world would I, a guy who teaches innovation, say ideas mean nothing? To try and disrupt the all-too-common belief that innovation, transformation, and profit are all about ideas. I’ve heard it said that “We live in an idea economy.” Bull. If that’s true, I should own a small country.
Is Your Life Worth Reliving? The Art of Action, and the Action of Art
Sometimes the best tips are not so much answers as questions. I read a great one this week: “If you were doomed to live the same life over and over again for eternity, would you choose the life you are living now?” Would you? If so, keep doing what you’re doing. If not, what are you doing to change that? I think most of us would want to relive some things but rather not relive others…
The Paris Terrorist Attacks and Becoming a Virtuoso…
What do they have to do with each other? Everything. The first word in virtuoso is virtue. Morality. Holding oneself to a higher standard. If you’ve made the choice, as I advocate in my presentations, to become a Life Virtuoso, sooner or later you will have to make moral choices, draw some lines in the […]
The Single Greatest Determinant of Success Is…
Take Action! (Dare I say, “Just Do It?”), When was the last time you did something for the first time? I’m amazed at how many people genuinely want to do awesome things with their lives, some even set big goals… and then keep on doing the same things they’ve always done. Really??? Remember this: To […]
