Have you ever considered how frequently you’d like to fail? Do you have an Optimum Rate of Failure? If at first this seems silly, chew on it for a moment. Everyone should have an Optimum Rate of Failure…. Read More ›
Month: August 2013
Employees or Customers? Chicken or the Egg? Food for Thought…
When considering tradeoffs involving employees and customers, discussion can result in a “Chicken or the Egg” skit. Employees are the lifeblood of the organization! Treat them well and they’ll treat your customers well. Without customers you are left… Read More ›
Libro 30/52 :: Lexicon by Max Barry
It’s been said all you need for a good story is a girl, a gun and some conflict. Lexicon, a fiction thriller by Max Barry, has those in spades and then some. It’s got a global conspiracy theory…. Read More ›
Malcolm Gladwell vs. Bradley Hartmann: Is Expertise Overrated?
In his 2008 book, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell popularized the idea of the 10,000-Hour Rule. That is, the essential component in developing expertise is practicing an activity for a cumulative 10,000 hours. The Beatles logged 10,000 hours prior to appearing… Read More ›
How to rank cultures.
It was Jesse’s turn to answer. “I score Mexicans at a 10 on this one. You just point them in the general direction and they just… take… off. They’re cool with uncertainty. They may not know the details, but… Read More ›
Libro 29/52 :: Contagious by Jonah Berger
There’s a big difference between identifying common themes among viral content and having the ability to make something “go viral.” No one has the magic “Make it go viral” recipe. Including Jonah Berger. Jonah Berger is a Wharton… Read More ›
The key to developing muscles like Will Ferrell & Richard Bachman.
I’m currently tearing thru James Altucher’s book, Choose Yourself, in my Libro 52 Challenge – my weekly reading schedule. Altucher tells a story about an author. The author had managed to eek out a living writing books for 30 years…. Read More ›
How to act like Keyser Söze, Steven Pressfield… and my wife.
Mrs. Red Angle has entered a 90-Day challenge at the gym. She’s into it. Planning meals. Weighing food. Eliminating (gasp) alcohol. Hitting the gym at 5:30 am three times a week. She’s doing great. She’s happy. Although… Read More ›
Libro 28/52 :: Enough by John Bogle
There’s a certain amount of irony involved when a man worth $80,000,000 elaborates on his notions of Enough. Especially from someone who spent his career in finance. But after a few pages of John Bogle’s Enough, you dismiss… Read More ›
Alone in the backfield: 3 ways to prepare for “GameSpeed.”
We were winning by several touchdowns when I got the nod. “Just hand the ball off, stay in bounds & keep the clock running….” Those were my instructions as I entered my first college football game. My coach’s hand… Read More ›
