“You gotta be in it to win it.”
They’ve lied to you.
They’ve told you:
Are you ready for:
We see the singer on stage take the easy note.
We see the co-worker down the hall do the bare minimum.
We see the screenwriter resort to formulas.
A secret dwells deep within the Namib desert. Fairy circles are unexplained bald spots scattered throughout the desert. They are big, sometimes greater than 100 feet in diameter. And…
In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, children are raised under the influence of hypnopedia, or learning by hearing while asleep.
In reality, sleep-learning is largely inconclusive. If you disagree, try learning French…
Is the other team cheating?
Is the other company lying?
Is your boss taking shortcuts?
Is someone fudging the numbers?
Finding common ground is an important element of building trust. And building trust is the fundamental building block of productivity, enhancing cooperation between team members.
You are not at:
Charlie the Tuna is the cartoon spokes-tuna for the StarKist brand. He is a product of the 1960's advertising world. And his commercials are famously known for the catchphrase “Sorry, Charlie.”
You’ve been there before.
You’re deep in the shit.
And lost as hell.
Whether you’re literally lost, in the middle of a job hunt, or in the middle of a…
How many times do you ask for rent before evicting the tenant?
How many times do you train a weak employee before replacing him?
There’s an entire ecosystem built around preparing for the end of the world. Everyone seems to be hoarding for the final days of civilization. The rich are buying vacation homes on islands, the poor are stockpiling rice, and everyone in…
It’s time to get angry.
You should be mad.
They lied to you.
They screwed you over.
And it’s not fair.
“Hard work pays off.”
Except when it doesn’t.
“Nothing worth having comes easy.”
Except when it does.
If you like what you’re doing and it seems to be working for you.
Ride until the wheels fly off.
What other choice do you have?
If you write a page a day every day for a complete year, you will end up with a book.
If you spend an extra 20 minutes a day with your family every day for a complete year, you will end up with over 5 full days of extra family…
Imagine yourself on a television game show.
It comes down to the final moments. You’re the last player and you have a choice to make. There are two doors in front of you and you get to open one and take home the…
Some marketers are great at playing the crowd — telling people what they want to hear, charming the audience, and leading them to a desired logical conclusion.
You hear it when you open a new can of sofa.
You hear it when you give the big speech.
You hear it when you start anything new.
Do you enjoy the process or the results?
That seems to be the difference between a cook and a chef.
A cook optimizes the efficiency of all parts of the process, delivering the finished goods as cheaply…
Is your team desperate for a win or motivated to win?
Do you desperately need to find a job or are you motivated to build your career?
Actual headlines:
“You have to see the Gap ad the Internet is freaking out over”
The biggest heist in history isn’t a bank robbery.
It doesn’t involve jewels.
And it certainly doesn’t involve 007.
It’s an inside job.
“That’s not what we agreed to.”
“That’s unfair.”
“That’s not what you promised.”
