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10 Sep, 2009

Idea vs. Execution

Posted by: admin In: Automation| Philosophy| Skill acquisition

Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. The tale goes that when asked how he persevered after failing so many times, he responded by saying that he hadn’t failed, he’d just found 1,000 ways that didn’t work.
So how do you know when you have a good idea, and execution is  your problem? And how do you [...]

21 Aug, 2009

$1.47

Posted by: admin In: Philosophy

In NLP the brain is often referred to as a difference detector. It is easy for us to become very quickly accustomed to our environment, leaving us sensitive only to news of difference.
I recently bought shares in Xero with some friends. We bought in at $0.90 and shares rapidly went up to $1.30. We felt that $1.50 [...]


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