Quotes
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer.
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." - William Arthur Ward.
"Opportunities don't happen. You create them." - Chris Grosser.
“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” — William Arthur Ward.
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." - Helen Keller.
"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it eventful." - Teronie J. Donaldson (Yep, that's me, cool, right?)
Notes/Observations
Every day, I remind myself to be intellectually curious.
There is an opportunity for learning and growth if you are curious enough to explore.
Intellectual curiosity is a valuable advantage that can positively impact many areas of your life, from personal development and relationships to career success and problem-solving. And the best thing is you can do it incrementally.
Articles
Watched
After watching this keynote about your next 15 moves, I decided to read the actual book for a more in-depth study and I was not disappointed. - (see below)
Book of the Week
Your Next Five Moves by Patrick Bet David explores how you can improve your business and your life by learning how to strategize.
Patrick Bet-David shares how to master the art of Business Strategy with actionable advice and systems. It's a great book for everyone looking to find their path.
Here are my takeaways from reading:
1-Embrace Strategy: Bet David often emphasized the importance of strategic thinking in business and life. One key takeaway might be the value of long-term planning and understanding the strategic implications of your decisions. Always think beyond your first move. Anticipate how others will respond and deploy additional moves that can't be counteracted.
2-Discover what role suits you best and who you want to be. Examples include being an entrepreneur, intrapreneur, CEO/Founder, support team member, solopreneur, influencer, and salesperson. Find the path that allows you to use your unique talents with the best odds for the highest possible return, which also fires you up.
3-When you lose, fail, or make mistakes, reflect on the situation and learn from it. Don't lose the lesson.
4-Look at life as an extensive list of mathematical problems to solve. For effective decision-making, solve for X to isolate your problem.
5-Don't be afraid of friction. Friction is good. Being direct with people takes courage and skill, whether in life or business.
6-When running your business, maintain speed, execution, and efficiency. Look for ways to compress your time frames; this makes you efficient and can make your operations more profitable. Bet David gives an example of saving 5 minutes of processing per insurance application - which turned into more business.
7-Personal Growth: He highlighted the significance of personal development and continuous learning. Invest in your own growth and development to achieve success.
8-Resilience and Determination: Patrick Bet David's life story involves overcoming significant challenges. His work often conveyed the message of resilience and determination in the face of obstacles. A takeaway might be the importance of perseverance in achieving your goals.
9-Be shameless in your self-promotion. You don't have to be aggressive, but you can subtly promote your services easily, non-intrusively. If you don't toot your horn, no one else will.
Right now, a 4 star but easily a 5 - the only reason I didn't list as 5 stars is because all of the lessons dont apply to me currently, but it will soon as I am building my business. I highly recommend this book, and I will definitely reread this one.
Strategy
The Triad of Hindsight, Insight, and Foresight.
Hindsight ensures that the path is forged on the lessons of the past, insight navigates through the complexities of the present, and foresight creates a future full of possibilities.
Question
How are you using Hindsight, Insight, and Foresight to give you a daily advantage?