Month: November 2021

  • Solicit Feedback

    Solicit Feedback

    As Steve Jobs said, we are in our own reality distortion field. We see the world through our own lens, with unconscious biases and perspectives. What you don’t know about yourself will doom you to failure. Want to be a better leader? Want to be a great entrepreneur? Want to be a better parent? Want to be better person? Then you have to become an expert at soliciting feedback. I say expert because this is a learned skill that takes many years to master. The reason being is it’s VERY hard to hear feedback. It’s hard to hear that you have weaknesses and you have to work on improving yourself. It take courage and thick skin and the ability to keep the end – your improvement – at the top of your mind. On the other side of the table, it’s VERY hard for other people to give you honest feedback. They don’t want to hurt your feelings, even though some things you do may really bother them.

    How to get honest feedback:

    • Ask for it! There are many questions you can ask to get feedback, and the first step is alerting the other person that you actually want to hear it.
    • Try your best to not react defensively or get upset, especially in the moment you are getting the feedback.
    • Act on it! When someone gives you feedback, you have to show them you heard them and are taking it seriously by actually acting on it.
  • Hard Work = Luck

    Hard Work = Luck

    You will only have a handful of mega opportunities in your life, and they won’t hang around for long. That million dollar idea you had yesterday may be gone tomorrow. That job offer that is the dream job but requires you to move across the country expires in a week. That real estate deal might be off the market in six hours. These opportunities will come your way maybe once a decade. Which means that the vast majority of your time will be spent preparing for opportunity. The more you work and the harder you prepare, the more equipped you will be to capitalize on these opportunities. Will you be ready? Will you be able to identify the opportunity let alone seize the day?  Will your preparation be enough?

    In the same vein, always have your sails up so you’re ready to run when the winds pick up.
    • Quote: The harder I work the luckier I get.
    • Make your own luck.
    • Wooden Quote: It’s too late for preparation when opportunity strikes.
  • Be Nice

    Be Nice

    Be nice just to be nice. But there are also a lot of benefits:

    • You feel better about yourself
    • Whatever is happening in your brain is probably slightly different than the reality so being nice gives the other person the benefit of the doubt
    • The nicer you are to other people, the nicer they will be to you (this is especially important when you need something from somebody else!)
  • Drive fast if you wanna come!

    Drive fast if you wanna come!

  • Don’t take any bull…

    Don’t take any bull…

    You don’t have to put up with toxic, abusive, or negative people. If you have a boss that verbally abuses you or others, or a friend who drags you down, or a business partner who sabotages you… ditch them! It can be scary to break free and find a new path forward. But life is way too short to surround yourself with these kinds of people. At the end of the day it is your choice. Ultimately, you are choosing who you surround yourself with. Or who you don’t want to be around. You can surround yourself with people who lift you up and make you better, or people who drag you down.

  • How to Get Rich

    How to Get Rich

    Assets make your rich.

    The first step to getting rich is knowing the difference between liabilities and assets. Liabilities take money out of your pocket, Assets put money into your pocket. By investing in assets, you are investing into your future earnings. The key is to do this early, in your 20s. The simple formula to get rich is to live cheaply in your 20s and 30s and use your savings to purchase assets that will produce income for the rest of your life. It compounds over time, so your earnings from your assets can be used to purchase other assets. This pattern of savings and investing isn’t a forever thing, only until you can support your ideal lifestyle. The not rich will spend all of their earnings on liabilities, and they spend before they really have the income to support the purchases.

    Suggested reading: Rich Dad, Poor Dad

  • Creating Adversity

    Creating Adversity

    We live in a comfortable world. To get stronger, to build character, you must challenge yourself. Challenges are few and far between in this comfortable world. So you need to create this adversity yourself. Push beyond your comfort zone, at play or at work.

    You only find your inner strength when you are sufficiently challenged.

    Challenge yourself and with each small victory you will discover deeper and deeper strength within.

    You only get stronger at the gym by lifting more and more, always challenging yourself.

    Santa Monica Stairs X 100

    3 degrees

    Entrepreneurship, etc.