“Your biggest strength is your biggest weakness”
Main point of Boyan’s black-belt training.
Jacket on – jacket off
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People :
Sharpen the saw. Don’t work yourself to death.
Be proactive.
Begin with an end in mind.
Put first things first.
Think win-win.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Synergize.
Listen
US Navy Admiral William H. McRaven, one of the most decorated US commanders, delivers one of the best motivational speeches you will ever hear.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Rules of Success:
1) Have goals, purpose, and visions.
2) Don’t listen to the naysayers or doubters.
3) We have to work our ass off and advertise.
4) Don’t have a backup plan. We function better if there is no safety net.
5) Never doubt yourselves.
6) Everyone fails and losers stay down. To be a winner we have to fail, we have to never be afraid of failing, we have to never stay down, and we have to get up continuously.
7) Being relaxed and giving it everything we have is the best way to perform.
8) Help out others and give back to the world.
Bob Richards
Richards was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State’s highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2000 in the area of Sports. Richards is referenced in the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary “Survive and Advance”, for the impact he had on former N.C. State coach Jim Valvano. Valvano cites hearing Richards speak when he was a teen and the motivational messages he implored. He was inducted into the Texas Track and Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Class of 2017
AMAZON EMPIRE
An inside look at how Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos built one of the largest and most influential economic forces in the world — and the cost of Amazon’s convenience.
Jeff Bezos is not only the richest man in the world, he has built a business that is without precedent in the history of American capitalism. His power to shape everything from the future of work to the future of commerce to the future of technology is unrivaled. As politicians and regulators around the world start to consider the global impact of Amazon — and how to rein in Bezos’ power — FRONTLINE investigates how he executed a plan to build one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world.
This is the Amazon.love memo penned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos:
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- Rudeness is not cool.
- Defeating tiny guys is not cool.
- Close-following is not cool.
- Young is cool.
- Risk taking is cool.
- Winning is cool.
- Polite is cool.
- Defeating bigger, unsympathetic guys is cool.
- Inventing is cool.
- Explorers are cool.
- Conquerors are not cool.
- Obsessing over competitors is not cool.
- Empowering others is cool.
- Capturing all the value only for the company is not cool.
- Leadership is cool.
- Conviction is cool.
- Straightforwardness is cool.
- Pandering to the crowd is not cool.
- Hypocrisy is not cool.
- Authenticity is cool.
- Thinking big is cool.
- The unexpected is cool.
- Missionaries are cool.
- Mercenaries are not cool.” – Jeff Bezos
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