Steve Jobs speaks about failure in this 90-second video

Steve Jobs speaks about failure in this 90-second video. Steve’s key message? Ask!

 

 

Had no idea the tablet was the first path and by mistake, they stumbled onto the iPhone imperative.

Who knew?

And how does this inspire any of us to think and act differently today, or tomorrow?

Especially when it would be far easier to stay on the pre-planned path.

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Ever been to one (or all) of these places in your career?

Tree growth rings in a wooden bridge post
Slow and steady growth, year after year after year

 

After nearly 15 years (since March 1999) and speaking to over one million people, something magical is happening within a career.

Ever been to a place like this in your lifetime?

The place where you feel like:

  • an artist
  • unencumbered
  • unmotivated by title, status, rank, salary
  • on fire
  • work everyday as if your life depended on it
  • become a stranger with fear
  • marry possibility
  • inspire positive change
  • feel like you have finally arrived
  • and the next week, years, or maybe even decade (or second half) are your years to bloom

This is insane. Like the first day of first grade.

Real life in real time.

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We’ve already decided that the sure thing is where we’ll bet our time and money

Rion Paige is one of two acts I predict will be in the X-Factor final
Rion Paige is one of two acts I predict will be in the X-Factor final

 

We’ve already decided that the sure thing is where we’ll bet our time and money.

Every meeting is about avoiding coming anywhere near the sentence, “this might not work,” and instead giving ammunition to the groupthink belief that this must work. – Godin

If we are lucky enough to have worked insanely hard enough, we eventually become blessed with revelations and insights that those who never leave shore will never, ever understand.

And we must learn (and we do) to be okay with this.

But there’s one more thing, a benefit that feeds upon itself. It stiffens an already courageous, audacious spine.

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A routine haircut and the next thing you know, an extraordinary insight

West Chester PA
Learned more about drinking here than anywhere else.

 

Leadership. Inspiration. Results. Enter a routine hair cut. Her husband couldn’t quit drinking. They divorced. His drinking got worse. He died two years ago. Cirrhosis of the liver.

Immediately wanted to say something to ease the painful memory or at least maximize the empathy. But I kept my mouth shut.

My own experience with alcohol and the fact that December 30, 2001 was the last time I’ve had any, well, didn’t feel right.

Driving home, the revelation that overcoming the addiction was a major life accomplishment. Hell yeah it was impossible difficult.

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If you are going to be trapped, pick the one that lights your fire

Promises, promises, eh?
Promises, promises, eh?

 

On the plane yesterday an epiphany. A short 30-minute flight, and a headache, from Buffalo to Detroit. No ambition to squeeze in work, not even to read a few more pages of Malcolm Gladwell’s new book.

We talked most of the flight. She’s been in sales with the same company, traveling every week of the year (Monday through Thursday night) and hates it. But she’s trapped – there is nowhere she can go and make the kind of money she makes.

Without thinking, shared my philosophy about work and purpose and money.

In the process realized that excelling at your current job will never earn remarkable salary increases.

That happens only by climbing the ladder.

If you are going to be trapped, pick the one that lights your fire.

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