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March 2, 2016
“Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?” ~ Sun Tzu
Imagination is not just the combination of using your left brain and right brain, but your left brain, right brain, heart and spirit. That’s when your imagination can unlock your infinite potential. “Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?” ~ Sun Tzu
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February 29, 2016
“Google is fascinating, and the book isn’t finished. I’m creating, living, building, and writing those chapters.” – Susan
What one small step you take today could lead to a multi-million dollar chain reaction? That’s what happened to Susan Wojcicki when she was 30 years old: “I had just got out of business school and bought a house. So I needed to get some renters in order to help pay the mortgage…”
So she rented our her garage to two Stanford students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who used it to start up their new company, Google.
Susan remembers the first year, with many “late nights togetherin the garage eatin...
“Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is the one who endures that the final victory comes.” ~ Buddha
Perseverance = Patience with perspiration
Resilience = Perseverance through failure
Patience, perseverance and resilience are three different shades of the same quality.
Some people have one or two, but not all three. Some people can persevere, but are not patient. Some are patient, but not resilient. Strengthen all three and you have the key quality shared by all great entrepreneurs: Endurance.
“Endurance is one of the most difficu...
February 28, 2016
“Give up the drop to become the sea.” ~ Rumi
A rain drop falls onto a seaside jetty.
“I’m a drop!” it thinks, excited to be there.
“We’re all drops!” it thinks, as it sees many other drops also on the jetty.
But as the rain falls, the drop looks on in shock as some drops miss the jetty and fall straight into the sea, disappearing. “I’m glad I landed on the jetty, and am still a drop.” it thinks to itself.
Then, as the wind blows, the drop sees other drops on the jetty get blown into the sea.
Now, in fear, the drop tries to lay low and...
February 24, 2016
What do you think? Will Virtual Reality make us more social, or less social?
This is the viral photo of Mark Zuckerberg from the Mobile World Congress this week. What do you think? Is the future of VR a good thing or a bad thing?
Here’s some media headlines about the photo:
“Rise of the Facebook Zombies” – Drudge Report
“Mark Zuckerberg and Virtual Reality Outshine Samsung.” – Forbes
“All the ways people freaked out about this insane Zuckerberg VR photo.” – C/Net
“Mark Zuckerberg: VR will be the killer app of 5G” – The Telegraph
“This photo of Mark Zuckerberg has peo...
Entrepreneurs are constant learners who can learn, unlearn and learn again
Entrepreneurs are constant learners who can learn, unlearn and learn again. If you’re looking for different streams of shareable links, learning & inspiration for entrepreneurs, here are my top 3 channels for you to follow. Each one is updated regularly and freely accessible:
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February 23, 2016
Could you solve things faster by thinking bigger?
Could you solve things faster by thinking bigger? Richard Branson is a master of this – even when he doesn’t have the money.
That’s how Virgin Airlines started. As Richard recalls: “In ’79, when Joan, my fiancee and I were on a holiday in the British Virgin Islands, we were trying to catch a flight to Puerto Rico; but the local Puerto Rican scheduled flight was cancelled. The airport terminal was full of stranded passengers.”
Most people would complain or wait for another dayto fly. Not Richa...
February 19, 2016
What’s the “rice and chessboard” problem, and how does it relate to the exponential growth we are seeing in the world today?
What’s the “rice and chessboard” problem, and how does it relate to the exponential growth we are seeing in the world today?
The “rice and chessboard” is an ancient story about how our linear brains are caught off-guard by exponential growth. It comes from an Indian parable about the inventor of the game of Chess.
So the story goes, the inventor of Chess presented the game to the Emperor of India, who is so impressed he offers the inventor any reward he wants. The inventor asks for a single g...
February 17, 2016
Sometimes it’s not about when success happens, but where success happens.
7 of the 8 largest listed US tech companies have founders or co-founders who are either 1st or 2nd generation immigrants.
Many of the most well-known tech startups are also founded / co-founded by immigrants, or launched by founders / co-founders after moving from one country to another:
Uber was co-founded by Travis Kalanick, a 2nd generation Czech immigrant.
SpaceX & Tesla were founded by Elon Musk, a 1st generation South African immigrant.
Evan Spiegel moved from South Africa to the US an...
February 14, 2016
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triump over it.” ~ Nelson Mandela
Courage is a trait shared by all great leaders. And it’s the key to living a bigger life: “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” ~ Anais Nin
Are you courageous?
When people are asked what the opposite of “being courageous” is, most say “being fearful”. But most courageous leaders also have plenty of fear.
So what is the true opposite of “being courageous”? It’s “being comfortable.”
It’s comfortable to do what is easy. Being courageous means doing what is hard.
It’s comfort...
