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The Search For Higher Meaning
“Meaning scales” is a phrase we’ve been using regularly since 2004. Basically, it means you don’t have to be a billionaire or a celebrity or …
A Note to Collegiates
Dear Joe, So you’re off to college, finally. Congratulations! Nice to feel grownup (at least almost), eh? So what advice can I give you? …
Exactly Why Complexity Is The Enemy
“How did you go bankrupt?” “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises One of the best things I’ve read in the last …
A Blast For The Better – Brian E A “Beam” Maue PhD
Newton was the first to put it into words: A body at rest tends to remain at rest unless acted upon by an outside …
How to Create Amazing Products
After reading this article, “3 Ways to Build a Culture of Collaborative Innovation” it made us think… The thing is, most successful companies are exactly that: Cultures of …
Public Virtue, Private Vice
Robert Louis Stevenson was a famous 19th Century author from a prominent Scottish family. His grandfather was George Stevenson, the great lighthouse builder. Robert grew …
The Secret To Living Fully
There’s a common meme doing the rounds- the idea that “People don’t want stuff, they want experiences”. Welcome to the age of “Living Fully”. What …
Everything you thought was right is wrong
Another one to file under “Everything you thought was right is wrong”: Apparently, “Experience Doesn’t Predict a New Hire’s Success”. That’s great that you have all …
What Works and What Doesn’t by Steven Pressfield
I have said, in various contexts, that I would have to kill myself if I couldn’t write. That isn’t hyperbole. Here in no particular …
The Power of Oration
When a kid is going off to college, we always give them the following piece of advice: “If you want to get a competitive edge over …
The Only Secret to Success You Need to Know
In business, the natural response is often to make things EVEN MORE complicated than they need to be. Business is inherently complicated anyway, so …
How To Avoid The Surrogation Trap
Back in the Soviet Union, ball bearings were a big deal. You see, as a general rule, the more industrial machines you were building, the …
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