Personal Development
The only thing more valuable than your attention is the energy you deplete to direct it.
Deep in his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin reveals a secret to his success. His accomplishments steal the spotlight, so I almost missed this buried treasure.
The Navy’s Tomahawk cruise missile soars at 550 miles per hour and can hit a target up to 1,500 miles away. The smart missile’s onboard guidance system uses satellites and global positioning system (GPS) calculations to make course corrections to ensure accuracy within 15 feet of a target. Imagine a
We’re living through a remarkable moment: the beginning of The Information Age, a transformation reshaping society and how we work. As we shed the Industrial Age, like a snake slithering out of old skin, we discover that we need a new toolbox of skills and work habits.
The best way to develop ideas for new services or products is to consider your own problems. What do you find tedious, annoying, or inconvenient? How could you solve that problem or minimize the irritation?
Questions guide your attention toward a destination. Imagine you could look at a map depicting every important decision you’ve made. You would see that at every fork in the road you had faced a question. Your answer to that question determined your next step, which determined your path forward.