GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT “You’ve got to know your numbers. How big is the market? How fast is it growing?… How many competitors are there? When are you going to break even? If you don’t know your numbers, you deserve to burn in hell. And…
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MENTORSHIP The only profitable outcome of failure is the lesson. So why not skip the pain and get the lesson directly from someone who has already failed and figured it out? That’s the power of mentorship. It lets you borrow wisdom without paying the full…
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FAIL FAST AND FORWARD Failure will occur on your journey, but when it happens, never romanticize it like a trophy on a cabinet. Nor should you brood over it and be held back by regrets. The key takeaway from every failure is the lesson; make…
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THE ROLE OF SHAME There is no shame in falling, only in failing to use the fall One reason why babies learn languages faster than adults is simple: babies don’t know shame. These adorable creatures will babble funny words without hesitation to mimic what the…
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LEARNED HELPLESSNESS Figure 1. Learned helplessness Learned helplessness is a psychological condition where an individual (human or animal) learns to believe they have no control over a situation, even when they actually do. This belief often develops due to repeated exposure to negative or uncontrollable…
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