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Surrender to Wherever the Talking is Coming From

Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversation on “Great Connections Lead to Great Ideas.” Yesterday, Les McKeown gave us the introvert’s guide to making great connections, and today, Mark Silver is encouraging us to surrender to wherever the talking is coming from. Now you’ll see why I love Mark as much as [...]

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Don’t Try To Create In A Vacuum

Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversation on “Great Connections Lead to Great Ideas.” Yesterday, Chris Garrett shared the idea that you become the network you hang with. Today, Sarah Robinson encourages us NOT to to try to create in a vacuum. ***** Sarah explains why your great ideas depend on developing [...]

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You Become The Network You Hang With

Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversation, “Great Connections Lead To Great Ideas.” In our last thread, Carol Roth showed how great minds often don’t think alike. Today, Chris Garrett – the founder of the ChrisG and co-author of the Problogger book, shows how it may not be the birds that make the [...]

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Prove Them Right

It’s natural to lean on proving people wrong as a motivation to show up and do the work. They always said you couldn’t do it. They always said it couldn’t be done. They always said you were naive. You’ll show them. You’ll do it. This makes the world your enemy. This makes everything hard. No [...]

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Why You Want to Give (and Receive) Brutally Honest Advice

Editor’s Note: This a  joint blog post by Vlad Dolezal and Ali Luke. “Does my butt look big in this?” You rely on your friends for honest advice. Sometimes brutally honest.  You might be willing to show a close friend (or a coach, or a partner) something which is very much a work-in-progress — something which [...]

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The Elephant We Call Life

There’s an old Hindu story about some blind wise men that each want to experience what an elephant is. The man who feels the elephant’s tail thinks the elephant is like a rope. The man who feels the elephant’s trunk thinks it’s like a snake. The man who feels the elephant’s leg thinks it’s like [...]

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Bewildered And Exploring

I just read Sarah Robinson’s Bewildered and wanted to pick up the conversation here, as well. Here’s a bit of her post for context: Here’s what I see: There are a number of so-called leaders in the internet and social media space who seem to stick with what I can only call a “clique”. They [...]

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How to Flourish: 22 (More) Quotes on Living, Being, and Doing

“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Ghandi Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. — Arthur Schopenhauer There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem. [...]

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How to Attract The Most Awesome People Into Your Life

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Vlad Dolezal from Fun Life Development. Let me tell you the story of a rabbit called Rabbit. It was a sunny spring day, and Rabbit was outside, playing with other young rabbits. He was still growing up and discovering the world at this point. All of a [...]

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