Pick Yourself

Pick Yourself

When I think of being picked my mind goes back to adolescent days of being chosen last to play schoolyard football.  I hadn’t started lifting weights yet, so I was among the most scrawny kids in the neighborhood.  That didn’t last long though.  By age 14 I...
Adversity and Success

Adversity and Success

Adversity and Success: People with lots of resources often don’t achieve genuine success.  Success at anything is difficult and rare.  In fact success is rare because it’s difficult.  And it’s valuable because it’s rare.    Most...
Talent vs Skill

Talent vs Skill

I don’t think that most people really get the whole talent vs skill argument. Talent you have naturally. Skill is developed by relentlessly laboring at your art. Naturally talented people who lack good work ethic fade quickly…think Allen Inverson....

Choices

The following from Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com graduation speech at Princeton. You have the following choices: Let inertia be your guide, or follow your passions. Follow dogma, or be original. Choose a life of ease, or of service and adventure. Wilt...