Posts tagged with “failure”

The Importance of Setting Good Expectations

Acting Like a Grown-Up

Every negative emotion I’ve felt (or caused) can be traced back to violated expectations. Learning to set better expectations is a business superpower.

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Make the Right Thing the Easy Thing: Better Choices by Default

Why is it — even though we KNOW what’s right — we often end up taking shortcuts and doing the wrong thing? Here’s how to be your best self, every time.

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Why you should never feel guilty about “wasting time”.

If you worry that trying new ideas might be “wasted time”, consider this: I lived in a van and wore eyeliner for two years — and I owe my career to it.

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Rocketships and Bicycles

How to combine a head-in-the-clouds mentality with a slow-and-steady work ethic to achieve your goals effectively (and faster than you might expect).

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Set Yourself on Fire

When asked if you can do something you don't know how to do, you can say no, or you can set yourself on fire, say yes, and then figure it out.

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See the Tree Coming

When you hit a tree, you can blame the tree, avoid the tree, or learn why you didn't see the tree in the first place.

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