Trying Too Hard

Most forecasts are hyper-optimistic or hyper-pessimistic. Not enough attention to the possibility that the main outcome in 10 years is that all businesses are 20%-30% more productive and life goes on. This episode is brought to you by Davis Advisors. To learn more, visit https://w ...  Show more

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Sydney Finkelstein, professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, says that being the most knowledgeable and experienced person on your team isn't always a good thing. Expertise can steer you wrong in two important ways. It can stop you from being curious about n ...  Show more

As an entrepreneur, you'll have ideas all the time. Everything is worth a try. However, if you're putting pressure on yourself by believing everything you try should work out, you're setting yourself up for a rollercoaster of emotion and eventually burnout.

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Most people spend their entire careers trying to fix their weaknesses while neglecting their greatest assets. They focus on what they cannot do well instead of maximizing what they do exceptionally. This approach leads to mediocrity and frustration rather than the fulfillment ...

Too many of you ponder, think, strategize, and are crippled by doing things without having a master plan in place .. and you're going to lose. Dwelling is just simply the wrong strategy. We're far too crippled by things we can't control and we need to stop. If you have somethi ...