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potential

Motivational Humiliation

April 23, 2010

This is the kind of motivation that I like.
You don’t tell a kid he can be the best just because it’s easier for you to give a positive message, you don’t let him win.
You challenge him. You humiliate him. You make him understand that you are between him and greatness.
This is how you weed out [...]

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The Golden Rules Of Mentorship

March 1, 2010

Holly Hoffman is having a round-up table on mentors at her blog Work Love Life. This is my entry on the topic.
The Rule of Diversification
Mentors are not gods.
They don’t know everything, nor they need to for the mentorship to work.
A mentor is not supposed to guide you in every aspect of your life, just on [...]

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X, Y and Z

January 14, 2010

Generation labels are a joke.
They are the pinnacle of easy entitlement.
Another example of the celebration of averageness that democracy and consumerism have created.
One more way to weaken our tolerance of failure and to stop bettering ourselves.
Believing that potential, hard work and ambition are given by the decade you were born, is the same as believing [...]

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Talent Shaping

December 1, 2009

There is no natural talent in sand.
No gift, no DNA, no heritage.
Hard work and obsession are the difference makers.
We all have sand, you just have to decide how to shape it.

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The Uninteresting Goal Of Expertise

October 21, 2009

It’s not that being an expert is wrong. You may become one eventually.
The thing is that expertise is no longer interesting enough.
Many are focusing on developing their social media skills, their SEO skills, and many other skills. But with so many people doing it, expertise is becoming cheap and predictable.
This may be fine in a [...]

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Dream Education

October 14, 2009

Today I guest post at Akhila Kolisetty’s blog, Justice For All.
Akhila is one of the most caring people I know, and someone incredibly smart and informed in global issues for her age. One of my early “Twitter friends”, she is putting together a series called “Be The Change”, which I suggest you check out. Thank you Akhila [...]

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Core Questions

September 25, 2009

David commented a while ago:
How many people have ever sat down and written out their core values, then built an action plan around them? Or at least thought about their core values and built an action plan around them? Not every road is suited for every person, and we have to make sure our actions [...]

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