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The Most Expensive Thing Ever

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Which is the greater cost: the cost of risking everything to solve the problem or the cost of living with blinders [...]

Lessons from a Drug Dealer

Almost every day on the drive home from my office, usually between 5 and 10 p.m., I see a man standing on a local corner. He is waiting for someone. For some thing. He unceasingly watches his back. He’s not accepting donations or and chances are he’s not without a home. [...]

How do you choose your buckets?

There are one million buckets that we could potentially pour our entire lives into. We could pour a little drop into each bucket, or we could pour our lives into one or two. What would make the biggest difference?
What are your buckets? What are the things that you will sacrifice [...]

Taking a leap?

Most great things require a risk… a step… a leap.
Are you willing to make the leap?
Even if there’s a strong chance you could fail?
What if everyone tells you you’ll fail?
Can you do it?
Will you do it?

Avoiding Controversy?

In the Purple Cow, Godin talks about rounding edges and making things more safe. Sometimes we confuse niceties with avoiding topics of importance. Clearly, there are “untouchable” topics. Do you confuse being content and nice and non-confrontational with stepping forward and making an impact and having guts?
We could do a decent job [...]