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I try to mix things up and change the routes I drive, places I work, people I meet and even houses I live in. Constantly experimenting and finding what is possible or what may work keeps a certain freshness to how I can approach work or do deals. There'
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I sold everything off and hit the road exploring the United States with my wife and 3 kids. We have seen many of the national parks, landed on a glacier in Alaska and have lived in cities all across the country getting to know locals and exploring the diversity of
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It's really hard to surprise someone with a fancy new piece of technology. We get exposed to and see so much innovation that we are coming to expect ridiculous functionality. In your industry alone, there are likely much more than enough products to solve your problems, make you
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There's a lot of advantage to having emotional maturity in your business and life. Any fool can simply react to any slight or wrongdoing. Things will often not go as planned and that is the norm. There are just too many variables and other people in play to
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When life was hard and we had to shovel dirt with a stick, welcoming innovation in technology allowed for large jumps in productivity and happiness. Maybe people then were thinking about how to make a better stick and work harder with it. The task at hand was pretty simple -
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I will put something bold out there for those that may be used to finding value in doing the work. The work has to get done, but if your only value is to follow instructions, then you have a dead end strategy. We can easily shop the work nowadays. The
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It is intriguing when you meet a new person, hear their backstory and discover how they contribute. At the end of the day, business is people. Life is people. We can get so wrapped up in our work and routines that we limit ourselves by not experiencing what is new.
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We live in an unprecedented time of innovation. It's easier than ever to bring ideas to the market. You have access to limitless manufacturing at Alibaba and a world of developers at Upwork. Get some capital from Kickstarter and you are on your way. However, if you are
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Just because something is working on a small scale does not mean it will work on a larger scale. You might be able to buy and sell a few computers or hardware but running a division of Hewlett-Packard or Dell is a different game altogether. The amount of resources to
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When we had big industrial companies with layers of management and structure we could hide. We had bosses to tell us what we needed to do. Formal processes governed our movements. It was an environment of control, steadiness and consensus. The hard part about the new economy we have been
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“Sometimes the best way to finish a project is to just drop it completely.” ~ Arianna Huffington We live in a physical, emotional, visceral reality that is constantly giving us feedback. Daunting heights warn us not to jump with abandon. Temperatures tell us whether to touch something or stay clear. Some
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"Trying to be something that you're not gets you out of your comfort zone," Duncan said then. "I'm not that guy. I did a little bit of that. I've done my share of it, but I'm just not that