Posts Tagged with "expert"
Who are You to Claim Authority!?
A warrior is measured by this: That he learns from the dregs of the ancients and extracts clear liquid from them. -Chozan Shissai (18th century Japanese Swordsmaster) A very powerful effect of the internet is that when you are perceived as an expert, you are an expert. It’s quite hard to call a bluff and [...]
Continue reading...How to Rule The World in Twenty Minutes
Thursday, April 8, 2010
What is the difference between failure and success? Or more accurately, what is the difference between learning and not learning? A very simple fact of life: You have to make mistakes in order to learn. But that isn’t where things start. The first step in learning is actually getting of your behind and getting to [...]
Continue reading...Why asking Stupid Questions is a Good Thing
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
“The only stupid question is the one not asked.” A huge problem with internet I’ve talked about before is that if people perceive you as an expert you are an expert. On one side of the coin this means that you can quite easily become an expert in just about any field out there. All [...]
Continue reading...Embrace failure, it’s your best friend in life
Friday, July 10, 2009
Cath Duncan from mineyourresources.com made a comment a while back on one of my blogposts (What all the “get rich” Blogs don’t tell you) I’d going to have a closer look at today: I totally agree that action is what makes the difference in results – even imperfect action. In improv storytelling they have the [...]
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