Today's Highlights:
1-2-3 Inner-Game
The most insightful piece I came across this week
Moonshot Thinking
A thought I've been pondering this week
Some of the things I read and listened to this week
I received the first review of my book, and it moved me
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Hi,
Have you ever felt intense joy and sadness simultaneously?
That's what I'm going through right now.
My family is away, and while I miss them and the house feels empty and incredibly quiet, I'm also relishing the solitude and the intense productivity it brings.
Keep that between us. ;-)
Here are some Inner Game perspectives to consider this week:
1 question from me…
Is there something you're doing in your life right now because of social or environmental pressure?
2 insights from me...
I.
Your influence will never grow wider than your character.
II.
The most important things don't usually scream the loudest.
3 quotes from me...
I.
"Level 1 influence is influencing yourself"
II.
"Self-belief is an unfair advantage in business, not everyone has it”
III.
"Don’t worry about being the best, focus on being the best at getting better"
The most insightful piece I came across this week
“The reason big new things sneak by incumbents is that the next big thing always starts out being dismissed as a “toy.”
This is one of the main insights of Clay Christensen’s “disruptive technology” theory.
This theory starts with the observation that technologies tend to get better at a faster rate than users’ needs increase.
From this simple insight follows all kinds of interesting conclusions about how markets and products change over time.
Disruptive technologies are dismissed as toys because when they are first launched they “undershoot” user needs.
The first telephone could only carry voices a mile or two.
The leading telco of the time, Western Union, passed on acquiring the phone because they didn’t see how it could possibly be useful to businesses and railroads – their primary customers.”
An episode from the archives
In this episode, Nikos and I discuss the Global Engineering Workshop he attended hosted by Peter Diamandis.
A thought I've been pondering this week
Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote on a thought experiment he referred to as Eternal Recurrence:
Imagine a universe in which you would live your current life over and over again, in perpetuity.
You would live exactly the same way, down to the tiniest detail.
Would this be terrifying or validating?
The thought experiment is intended to spark reflection and introspection on your current direction, decisions, and actions:
What alterations would you need to implement in your life to make the thought of reliving it repeatedly exhilarating?
Who would you need to transform into?
What attitudes or self-limiting beliefs would you need to eliminate?
If you're in a reflective mood, take a moment with a blank page and explore the question thoroughly.
You might discover some ideas for changes that could enhance your life and perspective.
Some of the things I read and listened to this week:
I received the first review of my book, it moved me
I'm rooting for you to have even more success.
Dhiren
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