If you look at everything you do as a science experiment – instead of “Custer’s Last Stand” – you’ll never fail again. You’ll just test your way to success.
Failure = testing. Sure was a revolutionary idea when I first heard it.
Last year, Benji Rabhan at age 26 was honored by President Obama. He made the Empact100 List one of the 100 top young entrepreneurs in the US. Benji is one of my esteemed Roundtable members.
Quoting from Benji’s book, “Failure is Obsolete”:
My friend Andrew sent me “Facebook’s Business Model is a Dead End” on Business Insider. The author complains that many of Facebook’s users are fake accounts, advertisers have generally abandoned Facebook. GM for example, who yanked $10 million cuz Facebook wasn’t working. Well I’ve got bad news and good news. First, the bad news: Facebook has acted irresponsibly to both … Read More
About 5 or 6 years ago on Easter Sunday morning, I walked into church and heard a voice.
“Oh, Happy Day!”
A majestic, powerful voice bursting with joyful soul. It took my breath away. Brought me to the verge of tears. Stopped me in my tracks. I looked up to the stage and thought, “Whoa! Who is THAT?!”
I found this article about PhD’s who are too proud to work:
Let’s say your website gets 100 leads a day and you’re spending ten bucks a lead. That’s $1000 per day of ad spend – a respectable budget for a small company.
But you want 200 leads a day. And it seems almost impossible.
Why?
Here’s why:
When I was in Amway I never missed the monthly rally. Afternoon session, then dinner. The evening session would commence with “recognition” where all the Pin-Winners got standing ovations and thunderous rounds of applause.
My insides ached as I sat there envious of the achievers. I almost never hit any goal I ever set. Ever.
I would vow to myself:
My 8 year old, Z-Man, got a science kit for Christmas. It’s got petri dishes, so yesterday we started growing bacteria.
We put sugar and gelatin in the dishes. The instructions said to take a cotton swab and get some bacteria from wherever you want. So we rubbed our cotton swab in…
-Dirt
-Dishrag
-Lint from between Z-Man’s toes
-Boogers
Charles Tillman is a cornerback for the Chicago Bears. My colleague Pat Donohue pointed out that Tillman has a very interesting claim to fame:
Everybody’s blathering about New Years resolutions right now. Usually the next sentence out of their mouth is “And most people abandon them by mid-February.” Somebody else chimes in and says, “I just don’t make ’em.”
New Years Resolutions work well for me. Why?
Because when I make resolutions, I…
If Christmas does not make you sad, this message may not be for you. Feel free to move on to whatever’s next in your day. However if you DO relate – if you’re one of those people who struggles with the Holidays because of tough family situations, loneliness or losses, this is for you. On Christmas Eve, I hosted a very special … Read More
