Category: Everything else

change of environment required.

Last lap.. go go go! :D

to be treated like shit based on some number that is associated with you..

not a nice feeling!

keep chugging! :)

more than what he laughs at.. :)

what tires us is not the things we got done, but the things we didn’t.. :)

learn to ignore..

exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.

that I have been emailing to close friends..

:)

1) It takes 10,000 hours of practice for us to become insanely good at anything. Once we are insanely good, we have a good chance of making it really big. HINT: Bill Gates had 10,000 hours of programming by the time he was 21, Ronaldo with football.. among many many other examples.

2) Not being able to make a billion bucks may not be our fault. A lot factors need to fall in place for us to succeed and this is really where the book is a masterpiece, at dissecting the truth behind success stories that normally have ‘rags to riches’ and ‘hard work’ written all over them.

Having said that, not being able to make a million bucks definitely means we haven’t spent 10,000 hours on our 1 skill which could make us world class. Dabblers only good for cocktail parties as Jack Welch puts it.. :)

3) We don’t have to be the best. We just have to be good enough. There is a threshold level for everything.. for eg: in terms of IQ, the threshold level is 120. Anyone above 120 is equally likely of making a nobel prize. Just like a person with an IQ above 120 at columbia university has an equal probability of winning a Nobel Prize versus a person in Harvard. Basically, IQ becomes redundant when faced with a bunch of smart people above the threshold..

1) Seek to understand before seeking to be understood: Try.. period! :)

2) Sharpen the Saw I: 4 things need to be going right for us to function well –
1) Physical: via exercise ob. :)
2) Mental: via fodder for the mind i.e. learning, books etc
3) Spiritual: Renewing faith and ourselves..
4) Emotional: Friends, family etc..

3) A woodcutter was sawing for 4-5 hours when a traveler passed by and asked – ‘How long have you been sawing?’. ‘4 Hours’ the woodcutter replied..
The traveler suggested ‘Maybe you should stop sawing and take some time and sharpen your saw’
‘No, I’m too busy sawing – the woodcutter replied’