From Chapter 13 “Efficiency” in Ingredients of Outliers. Have you ever met people who just seem to get more done in the day than everyone else? They never seem harried or stressed, or even busy. Yet their output is over the top. They must know something the rest of the world doesn’t about efficiency—how to be as productive as possible, given the time and resources available. For example, how is it that Theodore Roosevelt accomplished so much during his relatively brief lifetime? He died in 1919 at age 59—long before the Age of Technology—but his record clearly reveals a man who was ahead … [Read more...]
Thoughts on Humility
From Chapter 1 "Humility: The Root of Success" in Ingredients of Outliers FOOD FOR THOUGHT Reading and learning about others reveals the degree and the scope of their accomplishments and how they've handled both success and failure. Count the number of times in a day you find yourself telling others about your accomplishments and then work on decreasing that number. Remind yourself that having a fragile ego ultimately prevents you from taking risks and that failing to take calculated risks leads to stagnation. IN OTHER WORDS Egotism is the source and … [Read more...]