Most of our kids will work on projects instead of punching a clock.
They’ll determine their income by the value they create for others, instead of whatever their boss/union/scale decides in advance.
They’ll have the opportunity to work as hard as they want to.
But if they don’t know how to leverage that opportunity, they’ll wind up working harder for less than we did.
I’m definitely the only business coach who’s ever screwed anything up, or made mistakes worth sharing. None of the gurus have ever made a mistake in their business, marriage, faith or Instagram profiles.
Prove to yourself–and the enemy in your head–that you can do hard things.
Sometimes, for me, cycling becomes meditation. Those are the days when I’m doing it right.
My grandfather would not recognize my job as work, but he would be thrilled that I am free to ride a cool bicycle at 9am on a weekday.
Calmness is not easy. It takes practice. Luckily, you can practice on a bike.
The only person who wins the lottery is the dude who sells the tickets.
David Foster Wallace shared this story at a commencement speech back in 2005: There are two young fish swimming along who happen to meet an older fish. The older fish nods at them and says: ‘Morning boys, how’s the water?’
Almost every problem you have in life can be solved through the addition of knowledge, tactics or capacity.
