There seems to be a global “Go-and-quit-your-job” movement going on, which I must have missed somehow. It sort of feels a bit like "Go-and-quit-your-job" porn.
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March 2015
From one race to the next.
Over the past few years I encountered a very special breed of people.
And I have to admit it. I'm one of them, too.. well, sometimes.
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Unleash your magic!
We all feel somehow underused and overworked at our jobs.
Underused because we are forced to do tasks that feel like we don't use our brain's entire capacities.
Tasks we sometimes tell ourselves a trained monkey could do. Tasks we didn't need that expensive diploma for. Tasks we don't need to wear those fancy clothes for.
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How to sneak your way into people's heads (or how to build your personal brand)
Back in 2013 no one had ever heard my name.
I was a complete nobody (and still am actually).
But a few people asked me how I pulled all of this off.
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What Mahatma Gandhi taught me about Growth Hacking
Back in the days the only thing you could hack were computers.
Thanks to super smart marketers who came up with a lot of word mumbo jumbo you can now hack pretty much everything.
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I need your help!
This might be the biggest thing ever in my life.
I'm sure this will change my life forever (and maybe yours as well).
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Freedom.
It all starts when we're three years old.
We're told that we'll join other kids and play together all day long. Playing all day long.. That sounds pretty damn awesome.
Let's do this. Freedom!
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What do you do?
No, I don't mean what's your job.
I don't want to know what your job is called.
It won't tell me anything. Us. Them. Anybody..
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It's all just a numbers game
Everything in life comes down to numbers.
The more dates you have, the better you'll be at dating.
The more negotiations you have, the better you'll be at negotiating.
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The Ultimate Cheatsheet to ruining your Life
Sometimes I feel like I ruined my life.
That I just blew it.
That I threw my life away.
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It's not about product innovation anymore. It's about go-to-market innovation.
Every day we're exposed to 2000+ marketing messages.
1600 apps are launched every single day.
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How to be the World's best Public Speaker
The first time I gave a public talk in English was the worst experience in my life.
It was so bad that it took me a few years until I had the courage to get back up on stage and give a public talk in English in front of a big audience.
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The simple Facebook trick that made me "famous"
Sometimes I feel like a total fraud.
I'm going to tell you a story that only a few people know about me.
A story I've never told anyone before.
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The Ultimate Guide to Building a Successful App (or any other product)
The other day I read an article that said that 1600 apps are being published every single day.
That means that the moment you hit the publish button on the app store (or whatever), another 1599 people will do exactly like you just did.
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How to reinvent yourself (over and over again)
A lot of people talk about being stuck.
About not knowing what to do to escape the rat race.
About not being happy with their current situation.
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The only thing you need to know
You don't know anything.
I don't know anything.
They don't know anything.
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How to persuade anyone you want
Sometimes it feels like the entire world is rejecting us.
Objections everywhere.
This will not work.
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Our strengths grow out of our weaknesses
The first time I held a talk in English I got everything wrong.
It was a big mess. I humiliated myself in front of 40+ people.
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The richest beggar on earth
He looked like he was about to die. Great. A dying beggar in my room..
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- "97% of the people out there won't care about what you do. Act accordingly."
- "Money is not for buying things. Things don’t make us happy. Money is for buying ourselves some freedom to do the things that make us happy."
- "Being unrealistic is the most realistic thing you could do."
- "You just need one person who cares about what you do. And that person is you. And no one else. It all starts with you."
- "We always think we have enough time. Until we realize there's no more time left."
- "The only way to stay ahead of the curve is to create your own curve."
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- "The only person you should try to please is your 80 year old self."
- "It's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when you keep your eyes closed.."
- "Most advice doesn’t work. Because most advice comes from people who’ve never even done the things they're taking about. And that's dangerous."
- "Being able to build something out of nothing is the most important skill. For what? For everything!"
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- "Don't listen too all the life advice out there. It's all B.S. Just like this right here."
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- "The only thing that will ever lead to quality is quantity. To do it over and over again. That’s the only way."
- "Be a Warrior, not a Worrier!"
- "New ways of doing things never work. Until they do. Just like old ways of doing things always work. Until they dont."
- "Constantly thinking about things won’t get you anywhere. You'll never find a solution just by thinking about it. You've gotta start doing."
- "Not getting it right is part of the process of getting it right."
- "How long does it take to change the world? As long as it takes to change yourself. So probably your whole life."
- "Focusing on results won't get you results. Focusing on the actions that produce results will get you results."
- "It's easy to forget all the things you have when all you do is to focus on the things you don't have."
- "Perfection will only hold you back"
- "Never listen to anyone who has never done what you're doing or want to do. Ignore your parents, your friends and pretty much everybody else."
- "Trading time for money is not freedom. It’s a prison. The only way you’ll ever be able to make more money is to trade more of your time."
- "The only way to beat the system is to know the system. Inside out."
- "It's not what you do on your good days that will make you. It's almost always what you do on your bad days that will either make you or break you."