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Successful People Are Successful For One Simple Reason: They Think About Failure Differently.

Canoeing Was Hard And Scary, And The Wind Could Blow You Across The Lake If You Did It Wrong. After A Year Of Not Doing It Right, I Could Talk To People And Get Them To Sit Up Straight, Take Different Kinds Of Chances, To Breathe Differently, To Engage In The Moment In The Boat. And I Changed Them, And I Changed Me In The Process.

If We Live In A World Where Information Drives What We Do, The Information We Get Becomes The Most Important Thing. The Person Who Chooses That Information Has Power.

The Only Long-term Motivation Is Self Motivation. So Hire People Who Are Self Motivated And Get Out Of Their Way.

Some People Read Business Books Looking For Confirmation. I Read Them In Search Of Disquiet. Confirmation Is Cheap, Easy And Ineffective. Restlessness And The Scientific Method, On The Other Hand, Create A Culture Of Testing And Inquiry That Can't Help But Push You Forward.