Category: success
Wiley Cerilli | What It Feels Like To Wake Up At 32 With Everything You’ve Ever Wanted
A few weeks ago, 32-year-old entrepreneur Wiley Cerilli sat down with his wife. He told her an email company, Constant Contact, wanted to acquire his two-year-old startup, Single Platform, for $100 million. The couple came up with a list of things to buy and do if the deal went through: Get a new washer and [...]
Evolve
“…no one comes up from the basement playing perfectly.” – David Byrne, musician, artist Mastery is a process, not an event. It’s about day-in and day-out efforts – the practice, the honing of knowledge and skills, the trials, errors, and eventually getting it right. You have to start – somewhere, somehow – to reach that [...]
Time to make magic
“People who wait for a magic wand fail to see that they ARE the magic wand.” – Thomas Leonard Recognize that you are in charge of you – your future, your everything. There is no fairy godmother, no genie in the lamp, no wizard in the land of Oz. It’s up to you, only you, [...]
Man Dies Having Never Really Lived | Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered “Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live [...]
Everyday Leadership | Drew Dudley
We have all changed someone’s life — usually without even realizing it. In this funny talk from TEDxToronto, Drew Dudley calls on all of us to celebrate leadership as the everyday act of improving each other’s lives. Drew Dudley believes leadership is not a characteristic reserved for the extraordinary. He works to help people discover [...]
How To Live Before You Die | Steve Jobs
Stanford University, 2005 Steve Jobs CEO, Apple and Pixar Animation Truth be told, I never graduated from college… Today I want to tell you three stories from my life…
Michael Bloomberg | Success Advice from Successful People
Mayor of New York City, founder of Bloomberg LP I can’t remember who told me this, but I certainly didn’t grow up knowing it, so I must have gotten this advice at Salomon Brothers in the 1970s. The advice was, first, always ask for the order, and second, when the customer says yes, stop talking. [...]
