Mon, 18 September 2017
“You don’t need to make a million dollars a year in order to live like a millionaire." - Jayson Gaignard Entrepreneurs are the some of the only people in this world who really have the privilege of true freedom. When done right, entrepreneurship can afford you the freedom of time, the freedom of money, the freedom of relationships and the freedom of purpose. We can create a life to do what we want, when we want, with whoever we want. That is an incredible gift! So why then do most of us live a life of packed calendars? The fact that being busy in today’s society is often celebrated truly baffles me… Always on planes… Marriage in shambles... Don’t see the kids... Sleep 4 hours a night… That’s chaos, not clarity. It’s not something we should be proud of... Selected Links & References: https://www.cameronherold.com/ https://medium.com/@awilkinson/the-power-of-anti-goals-c38f5f46d23c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlTfbGemGcM People mentioned in this episode: Derek Sivers Steven Dubner Clay Hebert Steve Jobs Charlie Munger Warren Buffet Cameron Herald Kelly Kelley Andrew Wilkinson Ben Hunt Davis |
Mon, 18 September 2017
“There is nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency something that should not be done at all.” - Peter Drucker In today’s episode I’m going to challenge what I see as a religion in business... The religion of scale. Scaling has it’s benefits, but has it’s shortcomings as well. I call this a religion because entrepreneurs tend to have very strong attachments to this view point and get very defensive about it. So what is the Religion of Scale? It’s the belief that success is equal to, or measured solely by, your ability to scale your business by growing your team, doubling or tripling your revenue, going national or maybe even international, that bigger is always better. Selected Links & References: 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries, Jack Trout : http://bit.ly/2h5arkm The Fisherman’s Fable: http://bit.ly/2xC3phS The Five Regrets of the Dying: http://bit.ly/1sxPDpR People mentioned in this episode: Ghandi Philip Mckernan Peter Drucker Seth Godin |
Mon, 18 September 2017
“The bad news is that time flies. The good news is you're the pilot.” - Michael Altshuler We often don’t make change in our lives until we reach a point of crisis. I’ve been guilty of this as well. Intellectually we only really get it when we’re staring death in the face or we’re facing short term deep pain. But by then it’s too late... we need to get ahead of it. And everyday life is deceptive, it allows us to believe our time is limitless on some level, but obviously it’s not. Selected Links & References: Tim Urban; The Tail End https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html Neil deGrasse Tyson: https://youtu.be/M3G9LOJZTmM Steve Jobs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR6-elnwBmM People mentioned in this episode: Harvey Mackay Tim Urban Neil deGrasse Tyson Steve Jobs Michael Altshuler |