Author: Bob Riding
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No excuses
Congratulations. What you learned yesterday is largely irrelevant. No one cares how smart you were yesterday. What matters is the progress you’re making today. It’s time to move forward. Otherwise you’re losing ground. What you learned yesterday is meaningful to the extent that you build on it and move beyond it today. No excuses.
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You don’t need more data
Data gets us the Kardashians (from Seth Godin) I have nothing against the Kardashians. I applaud their pluck, their entrepreneurship, their ability to print money by doing little more than showing up. But if you’re focused on the number of friends and hits and views. if you’re focused on the number of opens and clickthroughs. …
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Mix it up
Don’t be a prisoner of your source Every source of information contains some degree of bias. Don’t become a victim of bias. Mix it up. If you’re not rotating your regular sources of information, you’re at risk. You’re at risk of deluding yourself. You’re at risk of filling your head with just one point of…
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Quit trying to be good
You don’t need to be good You need to be you. You need to be all the person you know you are, the person you know you can be. When you decide to be the authentic you, and let go of who you pretend to be. When you connect with who you really are, and…
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Do it
Pick up the phone When something needs to be done, do it. Doing it is what separates you from most people. It drives your success. Don’t play passive. Don’t start the job, and then walk away. Don’t just leave a voicemail, or email or text, and convince yourself you at least tried. Trying is a…
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Let it consume you
Choose what you love, but…. It takes as much effort to do the work you hate, as to do the work you love. The challenge is that what you love to do needs to get better – every day. You need to get better and more capable so that you can follow what love, and…