January 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
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“You can have the power to destroy, but it doesn’t give you the power to...”
– George R.R. Martin
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“Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.”
– Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
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Wave Goodbye to Steve Jobs
Rockstar Entrepreneurs never die; they continue to live in the hearts of the people they have touched, and in the innovation they have shared with us.
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September 2011
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“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
– Confucius (via dailyinspiredthoughts)
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Wave Goodbye to R.E.M. →
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Rolling with the Punches
Entrepreneurship is a lot like boxing. It is fierce, competitive, and often … painful. The pain from the blows of your opponent is part of the game. If you’re afraid to get hurt; then maybe entrepreneurship, or any other contact sport for that matter isn’t for you.
The key to boxing is rolling with your opponent’s fist to lessen the impact of each blow; adjusting your...
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August 2011
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“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk...”
– ~ Buddha (via dailyinspiredthoughts)
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“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
– – John Lennon (via dailyinspiredthoughts)
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July 2011
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Control
When we start an entrepreneurial venture, we often want to take control of the entire creative process. We naturally want to be part of every aspect of our start up and make sure it is aligned to our personal vision. This works for solo artists; but if you’re the leader of a talented band, this will limit your group’s potential for greatness. When you cede control to others and let...
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“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle...”
– Buddha (via dailyinspiredthoughts)
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June 2011
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Rockstar Entreprenurship and Failure
We have been brought up to be afraid of failing. The negative impression of failure is rooted in an educational system that measure success largely on our thinking abilities over our emotional intelligence, creativity, or even our athletic talent. At a young age, we have been conditioned not to fail and to always gun for the passing mark. This conditioning has wired our brain to think of failure...
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“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26...”
– Michael Jordan, Nike Commercial entitled “Failure” (via nbaoffseason)
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“Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words...”
– Mahatma Gandhi (via kari-shma)
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May 2011
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Entrepreneurship as Improvisation
Businessing has a prescribed formula or system for success that Entrepreneurship lacks. Because Entrepreneurship; just like Phil’s analogy of basketball, is more about improvisation. Entrepreneurs do not blaze new paths by following prescribed routes, they create their own route. They perpetually adjust to the beat of the market and the ever changing market conditions to create something...
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THE WOLF
gotemcoach:
Phil Jackson’s long-time team philosophy:
Now is the law of the jungle, as old and true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree trunk, the Law runneth forward and back, For the strength of the pack is the wolf. And the strength of the wolf is the pack.
-Rudyard Kipling
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Invictus
Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It...
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