What makes a great coach?
This question is at the heart of a new book. Trillion Dollar Coach tells the story of Bill Campbell, ex-football coach and CEO of Intuit, known for coaching many modern day entrepreneurs: Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Jeff Bezos.
How many times have you heard someone say something like “it’s not my fault, this or that happened”? I hear it everyday, and you do too. I have a very close friend who I nicknamed “The King of Excuses”, because he always has an excuse for anything.
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. This is for all of you who feel miserable, are doubting yourself and feel like giving up. Please don’t. Entrepreneurship, doing anything that changes the games, is hard!
What gives you confidence that you have an advantage in any situation? Shane Parrish from Farnamstreet started an interesting thread on Twitter about sources of personal competitive advantage, check them out below.
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Videos can be the perfect platform if you want to position yourself and become a thought leader in your industry. At the end of the day thought leadership is all about producing engaging content that guide and inspire others – and there is no medium more engaging than videos.
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What drives someone to complain? Selfishness and frustration. Last week I published a post about complaining, driven by selfish reasons, and how it stands in our way of making progress.
Today I’ll focus on frustration.
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From the department of keeping things simple, here’s a quick post that was inspired by a conversation I had last week with a friend.
It’s common to talk with friends and family and hear them complain about their job; everyone does. Mostly, people complain about their boss, not being appreciated, not getting opportunities, and not getting rewarded for their work.