The Recipe

From “Cumulative Advantage: How to Build Momentum for Your Ideas, Business, and Life Against All Odds” by Mark W. Schaefer The formula from the Ferriss case study and my research is the recipe we’ll follow for the rest of the book. If we aren’t born into Cumulative Advantage, we can go around the system and […]

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Full Versus Marginal Thinking

From “How Will You Measure Your Life?” by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon I can’t anticipate all the circumstances and moral dilemmas you will find yourself in throughout your life. Yours will be different from everyone else’s. What I offer here is a theory called “full versus marginal thinking” that will help

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Always Open

From “Sacred Compass: The Way of Spiritual Discernment” by J. Brent Bill God works within and around us, leading, guiding, and opening the way, sometimes when we least expect or feel it. The idea of being led and guided implies movement. If we’re being led or guided then we must be being led or guided

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Two Fundamental Paths

From “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success” by Adam Grant Research suggests that there are two fundamental paths to influence dominance and prestige. When we establish dominance, we gain influence because others see us as strong, powerful, and authoritative. When we earn prestige, we become influential because other respect and admire us.

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