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Read moreAlmost all really new ideas have
a certain aspect of foolishness
when they are first produced.—Alfred North Whitehead
A certain aspect of foolishness…
Almost all really new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced. —Alfred North Whitehead
Read moreYou never change things by
fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build
a new model that makes
the existing model obsolete.—R. Buckminster Fuller
Build a new model…
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. —R. Buckminster Fuller
Review: God on Mute by Pete Grieg
It is a terror to wake up in the night to see the face you love more than any other leering demonically. The image stains your memory like the Shroud of Turin, and it doesn’t fade. By now, Samie’s eyes—those beautiful, summer-blue eyes—had turned to moons of white and...
Read moreVictory awaits him who has everything in order — luck, people call it.
Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time;
this is called bad luck.Roald Amundsen,
The South Pole (1912)
Luck or Planning?
Victory awaits him who has everything in order — luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck. Roald Amundsen, The South Pole (1912)
Review: The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks— What makes us who we are, And understanding the power of the unconscious mind
David Brooks’s The Social Animal is a book about how we become who we are, both consciously and unconsciously. It’s about how we grow up, how our relationships influence us, how we make decisions and how much control those decision have over our lives, how we learn,...
Read moreThis Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth,
but you shall meditate on it day and night,
so that you may be careful to do
according to all that is written in it.
For then you will make your way prosperous,
and then you will have good success.—Joshua 1:8 esv
Good Success…
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. —Joshua 1:8...
Review: Zero to One by Peter Thiel (with Blake Masters)— Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Let me start by simply saying this may well be the most important book I have read in years. According to Mr. Thiel, the future of our planet—the positive, growth future, not one that ends in nuclear apocalypse, gets wiped out by some strain of super flu, or some...
Jesus on Money: In praise of a corrupt manager
“There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer’s money. So the employer called him in and said, ‘What’s this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going...
Read moreYou shall remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth,
that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.—Deuteronomy 8:18 esv
The power to get wealth…
You shall remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day. —Deuteronomy 8:18 esv
The rich young ruler and the 12 entrepreneurs
“Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” The Bible tells us that Jesus answered this rich young man’s question with questions of His own. “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit...
Read moreThe Lord will command the blessing on you in your barns and in all that you undertake.
And he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
—Deuteronomy 28:8 esv
The Storehouse Blessing
The Lord will command the blessing on you in your barns and in all that you undertake. And he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. —Deuteronomy 28:8 esv
Review: The E Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber— What every small business needs to know
So, what is the e myth? It is the basic myth of all small business, the "entrepreneurial myth." It usually starts with something along the lines of, "Why am I working for this guy? . . . I know as much about this business as he does. If it weren't for me, he wouldn't...
Read moreGod is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
—2 Corinthians 9:8 esv
Prosperity Defined
God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. —2 Corinthians 9:8 esv
Review: Breakthrough Entrepreneurship by Jon Burgstone & Bill Murphy, Jr.—What’s the entrepreneurial process and how does it work?
In 1998, Jon Burgstone and Asif Satchu started SupplierMarket, which became the first Internet marketplace for customer-made manufactured parts. They sold it for $1.1 billion 362 days later, setting a record as the fastest billion-dollar startup ever. You would think...
“Authorpreneurship,” an article from The Economist
I don't usually just provide links to articles, but here is a great one from The Economist on the changing world of publishing and how much being an author today means being your own business. Check it out and then come back and leave your thoughts in the comments. It...
B4B Review: Essentialism by Greg McKeown—”Less Is Better”
Is the secret to accomplishing more doing less? Greg McKeown believes that it is. In fact, he believes it so much that he wrote Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less to prove it—and the book makes his point pretty...
Are you living a shadow of what you are called to be?
Are you living the shadow life? Here is a simple test. Answer these two questions: What makes you feel most alive and improves the well being of others? Are you doing whatever that is on a regular basis? If you find it hard to answer the first question—or your answer...
Read moreThough we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don’t think we can achieve something beyond what we’re qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams?
Simon Sinek
Why…do we let reality interfere with our dreams?…
Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don’t think we can achieve something beyond what we’re qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams? Simon Sinek
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