Category: From The Dragon’s Mouth
Making “Impossible” Thinking Possible Part 2 of 2
If you’ve never watched the movie Cool Runnings, you might want to check it out sometime. When most people hear about a Jamaican Bobsled team, the first thing they say is, “There isn’t any snow in Jamaica.” And they’re right—there is, in fact, no snow in Jamaica.
Making “Impossible” Thinking Possible Part 1 of 2
Think about it: How can things ever change—how can business, science, or society innovate solutions to world dilemmas; how can our personal lives change trajectories—if we can only imagine what has been possible up to now? We might try to fix problems through automation, motivation, and process improvement. But ultimately, these efforts will stagnate until…
YOU Do YOU Best!: Being Your Real Self
Who else could do YOU, really and truly? They might be able to do YOU for a short time, but to become completely YOU, in every facet of your personality, your thought and speech patterns, facial expressions, your gestures, and your reactions…no, not possible. YOU are way too unique for anyone to totally duplicate YOU.…
An Idea: It All Begins with Your Dream
Every single thing in this world that was invented by humans started as a thought, an idea, or a dream. Napoleon Hill says, “Thoughts are things.” Things must be thoughts before they can become a thing. Everything, from a paper clip, to a chair, to a car, computer, cell phone, and a rocket, had to…
Passion: The Power that Pulls You Forward into Your Quest
Go back to the beginning of your quest, the very beginning of your mission. What was the thing that sparked you to do this? What was so important that you had to make it happen, no matter what? What was so important that you were willing to move Mount Everest to get it done? This…