1. Khan Academy - over 3,300 videos from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history. 2. CIA World Factbook - this is a great resource for doing research. I used it in college for a lot of my papers. 3. Project Gutenberg - 40,000 free ebooks (by the way, Johannes Gutenberg was the most influential person of the past millennium- email me why and [...]
Have you ever you had a great idea or solution to a problem, but when you tried to share your idea with others, they didn’t seem to care? You know the feeling I’m talking about — one of those times when you feel… better yet when you KNOW you have a really great idea that [...]
Imagine that we had an opportunity to buy an NBA team. What factors would we consider in order to make a decision? These would be my top three: 1) Current Popularity — Are people willing to spend money to go to this team’s games and buy team merchanise? 2) Historic Popularity — If we look [...]
Wondering how to make great goals… Here are seven steps to keep in mind that will help you. Goal setting is the first and most important key to achieving success. I will give you the PowerPoint version in this post, and then follow up over the next several weeks by developing each step. Be Specific. [...]
Prioritizing is another key skill to develop for success. Quadrant 1 represents things which are both urgent and important. We’ve called this “firefighting”. The activities need to be dealt with immediately, and they’reimportant. Quadrant 2 represents things which are important, but not urgent. We’ve termed this one “Quality Time”. Although the activities here are important, [...]
Goal setting is the master skill of success. If you take one thing away from anything I’ve written, it should be this. Write down your goals! In the book “What They Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School?” Mark McCormack recounts a study following Harvard’s MBA Program graduates in the class of 1979. The study shows [...]
Recently, I discovered a simple formula that contains a profound message: Potential - Interference = Performance. If this formula is true, then the difference between who we could be (our potential) and who we are (our performance) is the extent to which we allow obstacles to get in the way (interference). I have found that there are only two [...]
I was reading the other day and came across a surprising stat. Out of 100 people who start working at the age of 21, by the time they turn 65– one will be rich, four will be financially independent, fifteen will have some money set aside, and the other eighty will be still working, broke, [...]