Tag Archives: Inspiration

[Part 1/3] Reading through the Lens of Porter’s Five Forces

Posted on January 15, 2013 | 3 comments

My brother has been trying to finish a book for three years, and I have been trying to figure out why for two years and eleven months.  What is stopping you from finishing that great book sitting on the coffee table? Continue reading →

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Optimizing Your Failures

Posted on December 26, 2012 | Leave a comment

Traditional wisdom teaches us to learn from our mistakes, “learn from your mistakes” “What doesn’t kill your makes you stronger.” The old sayings are incomplete, of course. Sometimes mistakes and misfortunes in life can also give us PTSD, lead to bodily harm, or change our lives forever (see: pretty much every book by Ian McEwan). Continue reading →

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Why Many Personal Projects Fail

Posted on December 23, 2012 | 1 comment

At least for me, keeping up New Years resolutions is like living through Ground Hog Day of recurrent failures. Continue reading →

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