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I saw a sign in my local park that said 'No Vomiting'.

The sign also said 'No Smoking' , 'No Drinking' , 'No Gambling' and a few other activities.

I understand that Smoking, Drinking & Gambling are bad.

Vomiting isn't great either.

But...all those other activities are voluntary.

Vomiting is not.

Nobody's getting up tomorrow saying, 'Great! It's Saturday. Let's head down to the park and vomit!'

So, my question is...and it's a genuine question...

What's the point of a sign that bans involuntary behaviour?

I just don't get it.

Look forward to learning.

#humanbehaviour #humannature #banned

A lot of us spend way too much time in our own heads.

Am I good enough? Is my product or service good enough?

But it doesn't really matter what YOU think.

It matters what THEY think.

And by 'they', I'm talking about the 'collective they' - ie: the market.

Ultimately, they will determine the value of your thing.

What any one individual thinks, even you, doesn't really matter.

#overthinking #perspective #marketfeedback

It's the age old question.

One that has confounded us for generations.

But it turns out, the answer is actually pretty simple.

You see on the timeline of the evolution of the species, Turtles appeared well before Birds.

And Turtles...lay Eggs.

So, if you accept that a Chicken is a Bird (which it is) and Birds came after Turtles (which they did) and Turtles lay eggs (which they do)...

The very clearly, the Egg came before the Chicken.

You're Welcome!

#answers #questions #evolution

The problem with setting long term goals is that many people don't have a lot of clarity about exactly what they want.

As a result, we tend to set very broad goals like - Health, Happiness, Financial Independence,

But it's hard to quantify such broad goals.

If we can't quantify them, it's hard to keep track of where we're at. 

And that can often result in a lot of anxiety.

So, maybe instead of focussing on the Goal...just focus on making Progress.

NB: Thanks to @RyanHoliday on Twitter for the inspiration.

#goalsetting #makingprogress #achieve

Sometimes in life and in business...poo poo happens.

And when it does, people who have invested their time and money into new ventures can lose it all. And that hurts.

But that's ok.

As long as the intent and effort behind the new venture was pure, then that's just the cost of doing business.

However, if the intent was never pure, then it's really just a scam.

And there's a grey area where the intent was pure, but not enough effort was put in and as a result, it failed.

Some would say this too is just the price of doing business, of trying something new.

But I disagree.

If you are savvy enough to have a vision, to sell that vision to others, to convince them to invest their time and money...then you should be savvy enough to have a pretty good idea of how much work will be involved.

And if you're not prepared to put in that work, then for me, it comes back to the purity of your intent.

We will only forgive your failure if the intent AND effort is pure.

#intentions #failure #businesslessons

It can often be overwhelming when you start out learning about something new.

There's just so much you don't know.

Often there is a specific language or terminology that people in that space use...and you don't even know that.

What's interesting is that the deeper you get into something and the more you know about it...the more you realise how much more you still don't know.

So there you are, even after accumulating all that extra knowledge, still overwhelmed by how much you don't know.

But that's ok. 

Cut yourself some slack.

Think back to Day 1. You knew nothing. Today, you know so much more.

Is there still lots to learn? Yes.

That's just the way it is.

Enjoy the journey!

#learning #knowledge #neverstoplearning

It never ceases to amaze me how often people say,

"I'd really like to do XYZ...but I just don't have the time."

You probably can find the time.

Just open your calendar and keep flicking through until you find an empty slot.

You may have to jump ahead 127 days from today...all the way to 10 April 2022...but eventually you will find an open slot.

If it's important enough to you, you can find the time.

Schedule it. Commit to it. Make it happen.

#timemanagement #scheduling #priorities

We often find ourselves being envious of those who have achieved success.

Especially those who have achieved multiple successes.

We rationalise it by telling ourselves, 'They were just lucky.'

The problem with that theory, of course, is that the chances of someone just continually being lucky, are pretty slim.

If someone has achieved multiple successes, chances are, it's more than just luck.

Hard work. Innovation. Dedication. Superior product. Superior service.

All these factors probably made more difference than just continual dumb luck.

#hardwork #luck #selfawareness

A Distinction without a Difference is what they call a logical fallacy.

It's when we draw a very fine distinction between two things but ultimately it doesn't amount to any meaningful difference.

'I'm not lying...I'm just stretching the truth.'

That would be an example.

It's something we see a lot in the hospitality industry, specifically, the Spa Industry.

'They serve Ginger Tea on arrival...but we server ours with Honey!'

Is there a distinction between the two offerings? Sure.

Does it really make any meaningful difference to the customer? Not really.

TASK: Review your USPs through the filter of 'Distinction without a Difference'.

Are your USPs meaningfully different from your competitors?

OR, are they merely a Distinction without a Difference?

#differences #distinction #marketing

When asked about their biggest mistake or biggest regret, 

many of the most successful people and businesses have the same reply...

"I moved too slow!"

"We should have acted faster."

So, getting it done today is great.

It's certainly better than starting tomorrow.

But yesterday would've been better.

#getitdone #startnow #startyesterday