Dan, I would like to hear more of your thoughts on failure. Since most of us who are trying to live a life with “No More Mondays” are probably going to fail several times, what does a “successful failure” look like? How much should we risk in pursuit of our dreams? As you often say,…
I just checked to see how much money the top 10 NBA players are being paid for the 2016-2017 season. The total is a whopping $263 million. Thus the average pay for this one season for each of those 10 guys is $26,370,000. Of course, Lebron leads the way at $30,963,450. Now these are the…
When I was 10 years old, one of my best friends was Bob Queen. One afternoon while exploring the back acreage of our farms, a snake bit Bob. Seeing the snake slither off, my immediate response was to run after the snake, track him down and repay the scoundrel for what he had done to…
Be aware that not fitting nicely into school and societal molds may brand you as a “failure.” You may have been the “C” student or maybe you lost 4 jobs in a row. However, it’s interesting that often those labeled as such go on to accomplish unusual success. It seems that frequently if a person…
Yes, that’s really the term for kids that go off to college or the great job – only to return to the safety net of Mom and Dad at some point. I recently had a May graduate describe this issue: “I live at home with my parents which isn’t exactly conducive to building a social life.…
This is actually a Latin term meaning “clean slate.” People who end up successful usually view change differently than the average person. It was a cold December night in West Orange, New Jersey. Thomas Edison’s factory was humming with activity. Work was proceeding on a variety of fronts as the great inventor was trying to…
There’s an old Texas saying that goes: “It doesn’t matter how much milk you spill as long as you don’t lose your cow.” In other words, what we see as “failure” may not really have diminished our ability to contribute, produce or earn an income. If you lost your job, is your cow gone? If…
Does this seem like an impossible combination to you? Is it an oxymoron – words that combine contradictory terms? We recognize oxymorons in terms like: living dead, organized mess, alone in a crowd, jumbo shrimp, hot ice, cruel kindness, plastic glasses, pretty ugly, just war, or a real phony. You get the idea. But what…
I saw a gentleman one time who brought in several of his many business ideas. He showed me a letter he received from “retired attorney, Phillip A. Brown.” Mr. Brown carefully explained how he had been shown this wonderful system for success. All he did was mail out 200 copies of this same coffee-stained crooked…
The old John Belushi movie, Animal House, really has no positive qualities that I can remember. It glorified the worst of college life, complete with all the abuses immature students can dream up. The Dean shares the latest grade point averages with one of the fraternity leaders: “Here are your grade point averages. Mr. Kroger: two…