Walking & Talking
“When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.” – Dalai Lama Steve Jobs was well-known at Apple for his “walking meetings” — these weren’t just casual strolls around the Apple campus but intense brainstorming sessions. In the early 2000s, Tony Fadell, one of […]
Defining Details
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” – Vincent Van Gogh For nearly 100 years, British cyclists had won just a single gold medal at the Olympics. By the late 2000s, they had only achieved a solitary victory in the Tour de France’s entire history. But in 2003, things began […]
The Kingfisher & The Train
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein There’s a man in Japan named Eiji Nakatsu. He was an engineer at the Japan Railways Group. In the 1970s, the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) faced a significant challenge: as the trains exited tunnels at high speeds, they would produce a loud […]
OK, I Was Wrong
“It’s perfectly healthy to have an idea tomorrow that contradicts your idea today.” – Jeff Bezos Imagine spending 54 years of your life convinced you were right about something… And you were wrong. Would you try and hide it? Take Arianna Huffington. During World War II the Nazis sent her father to a concentration camp […]
Blooming Doom
“I would have ended my life – it was only my art that held me back.” — Ludwig Van Beethoven Ludwig Van Beethoven was a well-known performer and composer when he reached his 20s. But around that same time, he began experiencing symptoms of hearing loss. As the tinnitus (a high-pitched ringing in the ears) […]
Know When To Quit
“Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time.” —Seth Godin Do you find it difficult to quit things sometimes? For example, you’re reading a book, and before the hundred-page mark, you hate the story, characters, and prose, but you can’t bring yourself to put it down because you’ve […]
Learn Your ABCs
“You should only adopt one habit at a time.” – Tim Ferriss Have you ever created a list with everything you want to do in the next year… And then never finished half the things on it? You’re just like Alexa. She’s a budding author who took 5 years to write the first draft of her […]
It’s not Working Out
“When things go wrong, don’t go with them.” Elvis Presley It was the greatest feeling in the world when, aged 22, Oprah Winfrey became the 6 o’clock news anchor on Baltimore’s top TV network. But it didn’t last for long. One day after a local child’s funeral the assistant news director screamed in her face. “You […]
The Bright Shiny Thing
“If you drop someone in the desert they don’t get anxious because there’s nowhere to go, they get anxious because there’s so many ways to go.” – Jordan Peterson When Chris Gardner came out of jail here’s how his life looked: How’d he fallen so low? It wasn’t for not working hard or not dreaming […]
Are you lonely?
“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.” ~ Wayne Dyer As you age, here’s a glimpse of how your social interactions might evolve over the years: As the years go by, the time spent ‘alone’ tends to rise, while other interactions fluctuate. And we’ve also seen this with others who […]