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“I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.”
But it’s only when everyone thinks you are crazy that you know you are going to create something that surprises everyone and really makes your own unique handprint on the world.
“You know what it’s like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don’t have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it’s important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.”
“I have always believed that technology should do the hard work—discovery, organization, communication—so users can do what makes them happiest: living and loving, not messing with annoying computers! That means making our products work together seamlessly.”
“Over time, our emerging high-usage products will likely generate significant new revenue streams for Google as well as for our partners, just as search does today.”
Re-focus the best energies on solving harder and harder problems.
At some point we all return to what we loved as a child.
EMOTIONS
LOVE: Know more, love more, express more, bleed more, than anyone else.
SPREAD THE LOVE:
MAKE MORE LOVE: No matter what you do, some things will be good and some will be bad. Not every video or post is going to have views. So you do more.
When you do more, several things happen: *More people find you. *You rank higher on search. *You improve. *People who find you start clicking on your older videos so now they start to get more views.
BUY LOW, SELL HIGH
QUALITY: Everything they do is quality. The cameras they use for videos. (“
VALUE: Mimi is not trying to sell anything in her videos. She explains what she does and how she does it.
CONSISTENCY:
AUTHENTICITY: Mimi only talks on the videos about what she believes in.
HELP ONE, HELP MANY
BRING RIDICULOUS TO ACCESSIBLE
Too many people forget that but the only way to really communicate effectively is through story.
EVERYONE HAS PERMISSION
“WE ARE ALREADY DOING THIS”
Found the experts he needed to talk to (free) *Got them all talking (mostly free) *Started brainstorming (free) *Got materials for one set of arms to be 3D-printed (mostly free) *Began experimenting (mostly free)
CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF FAILURE
OPEN-SOURCE YOUR SUCCESS
LOOK FOR THE “ADJACENT POSSIBLE”
When Mick started his research, he found someone who had made a mechanical hand. Not the perfect prosthetic hand. But a cheap hand that could grasp items and was functional. He started with that and then began brainstorming with the inventor and with others about what else was possible, with the mechanical hand as a starting point.
START SMALL
STAND NEXT TO THE SMARTEST PEOPLE
ALL SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE started off knowing nothing.
Richard Branson.
“Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.” 2.“Start making suggestions for how to improve your workplace. Don’t be a shrinking violet, quietly getting your job done adequately. Be bold, and the sky is the limit.”
“Age isn’t as important so long as you are surrounded by people you love, doing things you passionately believe in.”
“What humanity has collectively learned so far would make up a tiny mark within the circle. Everything we all have to learn in the future would take up the rest of the space. It is a big universe, and we are all learning more about it every day. If you aren’t listening, you are missing out.”
“To be a real entrepreneur you always have to be looking forward. The moment you rest on your laurels is the moment your competition overtakes you.”
I think “entrepreneur” can be changed to “human.” We all have to survive and succeed first as humans. And the job description changes every day.
“There is no such thing as a boring person: everyone has stories and insights worth sharing. While on the road, we let our phones or laptops take up our attention. By doing that, we might miss out on the chance to learn and absorb ideas and inspiration from an unexpected source: our fellow travelers.”
“It can be easy to find reasons not to do something. However, you might be surprised by how much help is at hand if you put yourself out there and commit to a project. It doesn’t have to be a case of struggling along by yourself.”
“When most people think about taking a risk they associate it with negative connotations, when really they should view it as a positive opportunity. Believe in yourself and back yourself to come out on top. Whether that means studying a course to enable a change of direction, taking up an entry-level position on a career ladder you want to be a part of, or starting your own business—you’ll never know if you don’t give it a try.”
For instance, sometimes people say, “If only I knew how to program I could do X.” Well, imagine you could program. Subtract that worry. Now what ideas would you implement?
You can always subtract a worry.
“I’ve always had a soft spot for dreamers—not those who waste their time thinking ‘what if’ but the ones who look to the sky and say ‘why can’t I shoot for the moon?’”
“Together we can make the products, services, businesses, ideas, and politics for a better future. In this ‘new power’ world, we are all makers. Let’s get making.”
Mandela and King’s biggest inspiration? Gandhi.
The alpha person does not need to shout and fight. The alpha person knows the secrets of radiating power with no movement at all.
Gandhi’s influence? Leo Tolstoy.
Tolstoy’s “War an...
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Tolstoy’s biggest influences? Later in life he lists Buddha, Lao Tzu and stoic philosopher (and slave) Epictetus as his “enormous” influences.
They mention: 1.Suffering will always happen. 2.Suffering will cause you to react. 3.You can remove yourself from the suffering by noticing your reaction instead of being a slave to it. Too often we are slaves to fear instead of masters of growth. 4.Noticing your reactions to suffering, anger, pain is the key to well-being.
Every song you like, every movie, every book, every leader, every philosopher.
