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The power law is alive and well. If you have not figured it out already and are one of those souls insisting in a flatter, linear and evenly distributed world, your aspirations might be highly elusive and frustrating. For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an
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https://flic.kr/p/hyYg5H How do you stand out and sell in a world of infinite choice, easy access and endless world-class products? We have too much of everything. But we are limited in our ability to give attention to everything. We can only read one book at
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One way to be frustrated and unhappy is to keep giving and finding a lack of reciprocation. It can sound noble, but you can also get burned out from a lack of reward which comes naturally through trading. Healthy and fulfilling relationships depend on trading. A vibrant economy comes from
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There's no shortage of opportunities today. In fact, it's cheaper and more convenient than ever to envision and put an idea you may have into play. Imagine trying to make your idea happen in the 1960's. It would be both extremely expensive and difficult
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We are on a continuous journey of increasing efficiency. That's what you feel happening around you when your job disappears or businesses come and go. There are only customers and what they want. There's only the collective thinking from an enormous amount of talented people compounding
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The Peter Principle sure can be observed frequently and predictably, not only in hierarchies, but in new endeavors. Just because something worked at a lower level of pursuit does not mean it will work in the next level up. Common sense? Yes. But it is a principle that repeatedly gets
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I am not sure there are many safe places to hide any more. You can't hang low collecting a paycheck hoping your bosses don't notice. And everyone's getting squeezed. I have already been in several conversations with business owners this past week and we
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It is so fascinating to see how exponential growth from lower cost in technology is flattening the world. There is unprecedented democratization around bringing our ideas to market. And it starts with an idea. Many people that are trying entrepreneurship start out with money. Dumping money into building something perfect
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Our human brains have a hard time understanding or accepting exponential trends. We prefer and interpret events and trends to be linear. Like a nice Sunday drive that is steady in course, direction and speed, we think life events unfold this way. However, the reality is that we have acceleration
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Ever notice that there are things you might want but you are just mediocre at it? Most of the things you attempt, you will be mediocre at, for that matter. Your body, brain and coordination simply underperform compared to a person who naturally steps in and makes it happen. Being
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Spending money is easy. So is cluttering your life. The discretions or indiscretions we have on what we let into our life can keep us from going after even bigger and more adventurous things. I like to buy experiences rather than things. Going big on travel, glacier landings, wilderness backpacking,
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We are all trying to get something more and get problems solved every day. And a counterintuitive approach to problem solving is often to get away from your problems. I like to get away to remote and serene places to get my mind off of things. It opens things up