This is for the people who look at the world from a different perspective. The ones who are restless. The ones who strive for change. The ones who see things differently. The ones who don’t accept the status quo. The ones who challenge current thinking patterns. The ones who break down existing barriers. The ones who make the impossible possible. The ones who build new things. The ones most people call crazy, but we call them passionate. This is for the people just like you and me...
The more you're willing to sacrifice to get the things you want and the more you're putting on the line, the harder you'll be working on it and the higher your chances of actually really getting it...
The harder you fought for something, the harder you'll fight to keep it. Just like the easier it was to get something, the easier it'll be to lose it again...
Doing the work isn't the hard part. It never was. Everybody can do the work. The really hard part is figuring out how people can find out about you and what you do. That's where the magic happens...
It's easy to be busy. If you want to be busy, you can be busy. Everybody can be busy. But busy doesn't mean being productive. Being productive is a whole different story. And it requires a whole different set of skills. While being busy doesn't really need a whole lot of skills at all...
Just like bad stuff happens. Unfortunately, the good stuff rarely happens as fast as we expect it to happen. And the bad stuff rarely happens as late as we expect it to happen. Plan accordingly...
The hardest part is usually also the part that we tend to skip. Because it's stuff we've never done before. Stuff we don't know how to do. And stuff where there's no map to follow. Unfortunately, the hardest part is usually also the most important part...
You can polish your silverware as much as you want. And make it look as nice as you can. But if you never really use it, then what's the whole point of it all?
Whatever it is that you're creating and putting out there, remember that people now have a choice. A choice that comes with 24/7 access. 365 days a week. And the simple click of a button...
Instead of thinking about about how you could reach everybody, think about how you could reach the first five, ten, fifteen or so people. And then get out there and find them. Because that's how it ultimately spreads to everybody. From one person to the next...
We grow up in a world that teaches us to get instant ROIs (return on investments). We go to work and get an instant return on our invested time in the form of a salary. But the problem is that the highest ROIs are rarely instant. They are postponed. Sometimes for a few months. Sometimes for a few years. And sometimes even for a few decades. Try to keep that in mind...
If you spend your days trying to avoid failure, you'll ultimately also end up avoiding success. And progress. And you'll always and forever be in between. In no man's land. And that's never a good place to be. At least not for too long...
When the world changes, opportunities change as well. And those opportunities often look like a fad, a scam or a complete waste of time. And most of them probably are. But some of them aren't. And that's what makes this whole thing so difficult. But also worthwhile...
Once you stop doing what everybody else is doing, you'll be able to see what no one else is seeing, yet. What no one else is doing, yet. And what the future might look like. And where opportunities can and will be found...
Just because it's urgent today, doesn't necessarily mean that it's also important. More often than not, the more urgent an issue is today, the less important it will be in the mid to long term..
The secret to happiness is to do more of the things you actually really and truly believe in. It sounds simple. But it's probably one of the hardest things out there...
Sometimes it might seem like everybody else is moving faster than you. And other times it might seem like you’re the one who’s moving faster than everybody else. But make no mistake: Just like when you’re sitting on a train and the train starts moving, it’s hard to distinguish which train is actually really moving and which one isn’t…
Like it or not, but there's no way to distinguish between a really good idea and a really bad idea, other than putting it out there and seeing what the market does with it...
It doesn't really matter what you did today. Or yesterday. Or the day before yesterday. Or last week. Or last month. Or last year. The only thing that really matters is what you're going to do next...
The challenge (but also the opportunity) these days is that no matter what you're putting out there, you'll be dealing with customers, readers, viewers or listeners that have a choice. Try to keep that in mind...
The best way to learn is through loss. The money you've lost. The time you've lost. Or the reputation you've lost. Whenever you put yourself, your time or your assets on the line and you lose it, you'll learn as fast as you possibly can. On the other hand, if you don't have skin in the game, you'll never learn. And just keep losing...
At the first kind of job you just do what you're told to do. At the second kind of job you understand what you’re told to do and improve how those things are being done. And at the third kind of job you’re not told what to do and you try to figure out what to do. The first and the second kind of job are the past and the present. And the third kind of job is the future… Are you ready?