Hey.  It’s Friday!

This week I read:

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind Of The Story Of My Life
By:  Scott Adams
Portfolio (October 22, 2013)
247 pages

This is so far the best book I have read in 2017. It is one of the better books I have, in fact, read in a while. Made famous by Dilbert, writer, and artist, Scott Adams takes this book as an opportunity to tell us his backstory and explore some of his thoughts on his success. He then offers hints on how you might find success too. His insight is remarkable. Every freshman in College would do well to read this book and take notes.

Two of my favorite quotes:

“All I’m suggesting is that thinking of goals and systems as very different concepts has power. Goal-oriented people exist in a state of continuous failure at best, and permanent failure at worst if things never work out. Systems people succeed every time they apply their systems, in the sense that they did what they intended to do. The goals people are fighting the feeling of discouragement at each turn. The systems people are feeling good every time they apply their system. That’s a big difference in terms of maintaining your personal energy in the right direction.”

“I find it helpful to see the world as a slot machine that doesn’t ask you to put money in. All it asks is your time, focus, and energy to pull the handle over and over. A normal slot machine that requires money will bankrupt any player in the long run. But the machine that has rare yet certain payoffs, and asks for no money up front, is a guaranteed winner if you have what it takes to keep yanking until you get lucky. In that environment, you can fail 99 percent of the time, while knowing success is guaranteed. All you need to do is stay in the game long enough.”

Click here to buy this book.

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I hope you have a great weekend.

-Sterling

Hey.  It’s Friday!

This week I read:

#AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur’s Take On Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness
By: Gary Vaynerchuk
HarperBusiness (March 8, 2016)
384 pages

Good-grief. So I read this book. But what can I say about Gary Vaynerchuk that has not already been said?  In the end, if you are stuck somewhere, or afraid of starting something, Vaynerchuk is a great guy to get you over the hump. As Gary has said: Just start. My favorite thing he does right now is his YouTube show DailyVee. Check it out. And grab a copy of #AskGaryVee if you want some sound business advice. He has a YouTube show called #AskGaryVee too.

Two of my favorite quotes:

“Here’s a question that no one has yet asked me: What is the one tangible thing people can do to change the direction of their lives? Hustle.“

“…because if there’s one thing I’m fundamentally against, it’s complaining. What’s the value in it? I was lucky to learn this lesson very early on from my mother, who I swear has never complained a day in her life, and she’s an immigrant who lost her mother at the age of five and fled from a communist country, so you know her life has not always been sunshine and rainbows. Not that anyone’s ever is. But that’s my point. Problems happen. Life isn’t fair or perfect. Complaining fixes nothing. Only taking action does.”

Click here to buy this book.

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I hope you have a great weekend.

-Sterling