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Are You Ready To Switch?

How did a camera in a cap become worth $970 million?
Justin Kan made 5 switches from his first business idea with Emmett Shear before the final result – Twitch – sold to Amazon for $970 million this week. What did he do and what can we learn from it?

Each switch Justin made came from listening to the market, and then changing direction – like the switch on a railway line flips the train onto new tracks. Here are Justin’s 5 switches:

2005 – Start!

18 year old Justin Kan and Emmett Shear start “Kik...

A look inside my big little secret

I wanted to say thank you. I’m flying back from the US to Bali this week, reflecting on the last six weeks away from home. I appreciate your interest in the work we’re doing to ignite the genius of the world’s entrepreneurs. Thank you for your support and for being a light in the world.

As a thank you, I wanted to share a little secret of mine. It’s not the public book I’ve been promoting over the last three months. It’s a private book – my personal journal. I’ve posted a video on it, together...

The fine line between flow and failure (video)

Do you feel you are not yet in ‘flow’? That’s when you’re moving faster yet more effortlessly at your true potential. Did you know there’s a way for you to ‘tune in’ to your genius more easily?

Watch the video I created this week on how to tap in to your genius. I am in San Francisco this week, and I share the epic story of two fortunes lost and one made through the epic story of the Gold Rush and Silicon Valley.

“ Be still like a mountain, but flow like a mighty river. ”

It was Buckminster Fuller...

The first step to solve any problem (video)

What is the biggest problem you’d like to solve right now? What’s the biggest decision you’re trying to make? Did you know that – whatever your problem and whatever your Genius, there is one best first step to take.

I have spent the last few days in Washington DC with the Green Berets (American’s special forces) who pride themselves as “problem solvers”. I have been with a group of entrepreneurs, the Maverick 1000, who also pride themselves as “problem solvers” and I can tell you that all prob...

Four ways to fly, not fail (video)

If everyone is a genius, why do so many people crash and burn? I’ve had my fair share of crashes in my life, and I’ve learned there are just four reasons why over 80% of small business owners crash their business within 3 years. What are they and how do you avoid them?

You might have heard the saying “An entrepreneur is someone who jumps from a plane without a parachute, and figures out how to build one on the way down.”

After 30 years as an entrepreneur, I’d say the truth is the exact opposite...

Not Everyone Likes Surprises

I used to love novelty. I loved surprises! Then I married Renate. She hates surprises. On her first birthday together she said “If you throw me a surprise party I will kill you.”. Luckily I didn’t and she didn’t. That would have been two surprises neither of us wanted. So how about you?

Over the years I discovered in my business that where you surprise your customers really matters. I was (surprised) to find out that everyone loves to be surprised in some way, but not in others. Yes – do surpr...

How To Unlock The Genie In Your Genius

Do you remember the story of the Genie in Aladdin? WHAT IF each of us had a similar genie waiting for us to call them out and grant our wishes? And there were 5 steps to unlock it?

Here’s a video from NYC, where the story of the Statue ofLiberty is a perfect example of unlocking the genie in your genius. Watch the video for the full story…http://youtu.be/KKJgVszTD-8

ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD

The real name of the Statue of Liberty is “Liberty Enlightening the World”, named by the person who designed...

How to unlock the genie in your genius (video)

You know your genius. But what about your genie? Do you remember the story of Aladdin? In the Arabian Tale he goes from poverty to power and wealth simply by finding a genie in a lamp. What if each of us had a similar genie waiting for us to call them out and grant our wishes?

This week I’m in front of a different lamp: A lighthouse – the Statue of Liberty. It’s just days away from the launch of my new book and our new GeniusU online learning platform, so the story of how the Statue of Liberty...

Be Your Own Hero

What’s the worse advice you’ve ever received as an entrepreneur? Mine was to “Be your own boss”.

I heard this in my 20s and spent years trying to be my own boss. It was horrible. I had many boss-worker conversations with myself about how Iwasn’t managing myself well, I wasn’t paying myself enough, I wasn’t mentoring myself well and so on. These were lonely conversations…

Only after meeting enough successful people out there did I realise none of them were trying to be their own boss. They all k...

Do you deserve more? The surprising answer… (video)

The biggest thing stopping us from moving to the next level in our lives comes down to whether we see having a greater impact in our lives to be an opportunity or an obligation. Is reaching your highest potential a nice-to-have or a must-have in your life?

Here’s a video I shot in London this week, beginning on the Mall and Buckingham Palace to Nelson’s Column and Trafalgar Square. On the way, I do my best to answer the question ‘Do you deserve more?’

Entitlement to Worth vs Entitlement to Weal...