Sublime

Dennis went from zero to sixty on the MidAm in record time, and no one knew how he learned to do what he was doing. He knew that traders had a tendency to self-destruct. The battle with self was where he focused his energies: “I think it’s far more important to know what Freud thinks about death wishes than what Milton Friedman thinks about deficit

How do you choose the doctors, lawyers, plumbers, and car mechanics that you need in your life? You seldom select them on the basis of their technical knowledge or their academic qualifications. Here is the shocking truth: You actually choose them on the basis of their business skills. How they build their practices, how they market themselves, how

In each case, a brilliant man put his company in jeopardy because measuring himself and his legacy outweighed everything else.

EXERCISE #5: WHAT CONTROLS YOUR PURSE STRINGS?

“If an individual has ego needs that are too high,” notes Peter Friedes, Hewitt’s managing partner, “they can be a very disruptive influence.

In too many schools approval-seeking is the way to success.

So you keep running on a hamster wheel of success, driven by a scarcity mindset and the fear of being inadequate.

she was capable and smart and unable to say no, and as a result she soon became a “go to” person.

She went into an incredible learning mode, making herself into the CEO Xerox needed to survive.