Monday, January 18, 2016

Daily 5 Minute Journal - Jan. 18, 2016

Martin Luther King's birthday and I get a day off from work making it a 3 day weekend.

He was a great man for teaching non-violent protest and his beautiful "I have a dream speech"

It's a cold day 25 degrees in NYC and a slight coating of snow on the ground and phone just rebooted but at least I'm getting a new one.

I think I have ADHD, from an article in Lifehack.org,

I just listened and analyzed an interview from +Daymond John  of +Tim Ferriss. Even a guy like Daymond was uhing in the interview. Though it was very useful to hear Tim's story on how he got success. Of course luck is involved.

He met +Robert Scoble by accidentally being nice to his wife Miriam who was helping people sign in to a conference.

At +SXSW someone canceled and Tim was able to speak there.

He brought on the luck through persistence, being nice to people and asking for help. Some of the takeaways I got were:

  • Be nice to people
  • Don't pitch where everyone is pitching
  • In person beats email or phone
  • Surf waves that no one has surfed before
  • Hardest place to sell a book is a bookstore
  • Volunteer for co's that can help you and work your ass off
  • You can get rejected many times and be successful as long as you don't give up
  • Small thing (mention from Robert Scoble) can start the entire snowball rolling
  • Prepare your presentation, even if in front of a dog
  • Get feedback on your idea
  • Test your concept so you know if you should pursue it or not





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