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Here’s the thing about meeting people after many many years: they are anchored to a version of you that may no longer define you. They are convinced that you owe it to them to follow-through on your earlier #life plans.
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I met an ex-colleague after more than half-a-decade. It was like any such meeting. Fake warmth to masquerade stocktaking about who did better in the lost time. Offering pleasantries only enough to veil judging and pontificating. And then banter.
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“Dude, howsoever you want to frame it, you’ve done a #career suicide. I am sure you know it but won’t care to admit.”
“The only thing I know for sure is what I have been able to avoid: suicide by career.”
“Well, at least you’ve still got your defensive reasoning skills.”
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“The only thing I know for sure is what I have been able to avoid: suicide by career.”
“Well, at least you’ve still got your defensive reasoning skills.”
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Story of Emperor Norton and it's implication for #entrepreneurship
While on a hop-on hop-off tour of the city of San Fransisco, I learned about Emperor Norton.
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While on a hop-on hop-off tour of the city of San Fransisco, I learned about Emperor Norton.
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Norton was a 19th century Englishman who lost all his money, and subsequently his mental faculties, on Peruvian rice trade. He re-emerged after some years and declared himself as Norton I, Emperor of the United States.
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He gave imperial proclamations and had eccentric ways of living and appearance. But people humored him. Some treated his words with deference, issued currency in his name.
He died on the streets. Yet, his funeral was attended by 30,000 residents of the city.
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He died on the streets. Yet, his funeral was attended by 30,000 residents of the city.
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How to Find the Right Coaches + Courses
Every tom, dick, and harry is starting a course or a coaching program. Welcome to the goddamn gold rush.
Some are life-changing. Others are a huge waste of your time, money, and potential.
How can you tell the difference? Thread👇
Every tom, dick, and harry is starting a course or a coaching program. Welcome to the goddamn gold rush.
Some are life-changing. Others are a huge waste of your time, money, and potential.
How can you tell the difference? Thread👇
1 The Best Have Integrity
You want someone honest + blunt.
The best make you feel uncomfortable at times (because you're pushing beyond your zone of normal.)
You need to have a LOT of trust from the get-go, so you know you're pursuing the right type of uncomfortable.
You want someone honest + blunt.
The best make you feel uncomfortable at times (because you're pushing beyond your zone of normal.)
You need to have a LOT of trust from the get-go, so you know you're pursuing the right type of uncomfortable.
2 The Best Are Empathetic
They should care about you and your development more than money, validation, anything else.
Notice how his/her's incentives line up with your success.
A good coach/creator wants to make himself/herself obsolete.
They should care about you and your development more than money, validation, anything else.
Notice how his/her's incentives line up with your success.
A good coach/creator wants to make himself/herself obsolete.
