Think of a person, or a few people, who you genuinely admire. What do they have in common? I generally find that people admire people who make it clear as to where they stand. They have integrity and character. They know right from wrong. They are honest, even if the prevailing wind of society is blowing against them. Do you know where you stand on important issues? Most importantly, do you know why? If someone asked you where you stand [more...]
I have often written about the extraordinary opportunities available to all of us. We live at an extraordinary time, a time of fantastic and rapid change, in the best country in world. I believe that the opportunities to achieve whatever one wants to achieve in today’s America are limitless. Yet, I know a lot of people that look at the same things I do and simply don’t see it the same. They see scarcity where I see abundant opportunity. It has [more...]
I have always been a great believer in the importance of differentiation. IMHO, it is always better to be different and a bit extreme than to be pretty good, nice but vanilla, normal, ho-hum, acceptable, or a bit better than average. I’ve felt this, I’ve known this, since day one — although it has been hard to express why in rational, logical terms. In fact, I’m not sure I know why I latched on to this core idea at such [more...]
Click below to play the video. When is the last time you found your inner Bueller? In the last 5 years? 10 years? Ever? C’mon Man! I.M. Optimism Man
Is learning a cool-as-heck trick hard? Probably not — it just takes time and patience and a vision. Click to watch this video: Why not? What’s stopping you? It doesn’t have to be as tech-savvy as Marco’s trick, but why not learn one thing that can amaze kids and adults alike. Life is too short to waste it. I.M. Optimism Man
Language can be extremely powerful. But using too much language is far less powerful than saying something simply and succinctly. We have all seen the corporate mission statement created by committee, which rambles for more than 30 words. Does any mission statement this wordy matter to employees? or customers? or shareholders? Does it change the organization’s actions and outlook? Here’s an example from Delta Airlines: “We—Delta’s employees, customers, and community partners together form a force for positive local and global [more...]
Sometimes, a breakthrough that flies under people’s radar has staggering implications. This implies magnetic storage will start to approach free / or darn close. Watch this video (click to play): Here is a written article about it if you are not in a place that you can watch or hear the video: IBM’s Storage Breakthrough Really cool stuff — there is so much opportunity in this world! I.M. OptimismMan [more...]
There is a lot of books and articles preaching about what it takes to succeed in life — I add my words to that pile readily enough — but most of those words and formulas and methodologies forget that true success in not just about work. Balance matters. If you don’t stop and smell the roses with great regularity, you are in great risk of missing what life is all about. It does not make sense to work every minute [more...]
Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an three minute and thirty second video that gives you the answer to the question: What are the keys to success? Do you have about four minutes to spare today to get the answer? Success doesn’t take uncommon smarts. It does take optimism, good decisions, and decisive action. If you like the video, check out Richard’s book [more...]
New Years Day is exciting. We wake up to a bright new outlook, a fresh new year to make extraordinary progress, to live better, to achieve great things. This is a perfect time to set goals, to reassess our career, to make important changes, and to even decide to lose a few pounds. We live at an extraordinary time in a land of unlimited opportunities and unlimited freedom — what we do next is 100% up to us. So why [more...]
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