The most important decision you’ll make today
Today, something new. A video, at a local ruin where I share some wisdom from a ninety-four year old book. And I’ve opened up applications for February’s free “Consistent Flow of Customers” strategy sessions. Just click the link: http://dovgordon.net/survey-pre-strategy-session.html
Mental junk from my 20s
For years, I read the books, but didn’t act on what they told me to do. I’m not sure why. Part of the reason was because I didn’t really believe it was that simple. There must be something far more complicated I hadn’t yet discovered. Part of it was mental junk about “Why should I…
Stop doing God’s work.
When you expect yourself to do more in a day than is humanly possible, you expect more of yourself than even God expects of you. When you are upset by your poor performance in an area where you haven’t done the hard foundation work, you’re expecting yourself to do miracles. Doing the impossible is God’s…
The Alchemist Papers: 2. Dragooned.
This is the second of “The Alchemist Papers”, written by The Alchemist Entrepreneur. His identity must be kept silent, so we just call him “Al.” I remind you that even though Al is alive and well in the age when millions share nonsense daily through Facebook and Twitter, he likes to write as if he were…
It may not be nice to say, but they’re idiots.
In The King’s Speech, the stammering Prince Albert, soon to become King George VI, finds himself in the cozy office of speech therapist Lionel Logue. He expects Logue to begin treating him. Instead, Logue insists on small talk. Losing patience, the prince takes out a cigarette. “Please don’t do that,” Lionel says. “I’m sorry?” replies…
Ben Franklin, rum and the end of frenetic marketing.
In 1756 Benjamin Franklin, early American statesman, led five hundred and sixty troops to the North-western frontier to build a line of forts. Franklin shares the following humorous anecdote: “We had for our chaplain a zealous Presbyterian minister, Mr. Beatty, who complained to me that the men did not generally attend his prayers and exhortations.…
Happy kids, miserable adults and a timeless secret truth.
Kids don’t need umbrellas. Or boots. Getting drenched by rain and mud is a small price to pay for the thrill of exploration and learning something new. We adults prefer umbrellas, cars or just staying home. Rain and mud is uncomfortable. But at the end of the day, you need to figure this business thing…
How to slay your most debilitating entrepreneurial fears
Fear keeps you small. It occurred to me one day that it’s not the big, obvious fears that keep you small. When you’re afraid of a second heart attack, you know exactly what to do and you do it. But when you have a nagging, undefined fear, it’s like an unseen monster in the dark. …
Before you do a task, ask these three questions.
The “Alchemist Entrepreneur” relentlessly pursues simple leverage; simple ways to extend his reach, to achieve more with less. Often, this leverage is in his own head. Here’s a bit of mental toughening that helps me. Before you start your next task, ask the following three questions: 1. WHAT will I be doing? Meaning, what will…
Treatise: The Critical Importance of Being Unreasonable
[amprotect=all,amsilent]Hi [name_f],[/amprotect] Do you ever tell yourself “I need to…“, or “I don’t have a choice…“, or just feel frustrated that you’re not yet the person you really want to be? Here’s what I learned: It’s critically important to be unreasonable. Unreasonable defined: When you want – and expect to get – something you can’t…