Who was the crazy professor? And for that matter why was he so crazy!
I know most of you think it was Albert Einstein. Errrr. Wrong. It wasn\’t Einstein. It was actually Kurt Godel. Apart from the fact that many of his colleagues and people who met said that he was kind of crazy, but also the fact that he was in and out of a sanitarium and routinely...Continue reading→
Dealing with Loneliness as a solo founder. Tips 4 of 7 on how to use the power of failure to your Advantage.
This article is the fourth in a series on how you can use the power of Failure to your advantage. In the last article, I spoke of how you can tackle the feeling of insecurity and in this article, I am going to write about the fourth letter in Failure, the letter L for Loneliness,...Continue reading→
7 Tips on how to use the power of failure to your Advantage. Tip 3. Repositioning yourself from Insecurity
We all have some concept of who we want to be and how we want to be, that perfected self image. The problem is how we view ourselves on this pendulum of the final image and where we are. And the problem is exactly when we consider the final image as a destination to reach....Continue reading→
7 Tips on how to use the power of failure to your Advantage. Tip 2. Dealing with excess Energy (AKA) Aggression
If I said that aggression is a normal human behaviour you and that even you as the calmest person on earth have this trait inside you, you may disagree with me, you may even jump at me and say that I am wrong. That’s good because then I have proved my point :-). Just disagreeing with...Continue reading→
7 Tips on how to use the power of failure to your Advantage. Tip 1. Understanding Frustration
I have extracted the following tips from the book “Psycho-cybernetics” by Maxwell Maltz, first published in 1969. It is one of the most interesting books I have read and I encourage you to read it. However, since many of you won’t have the time I have decided to extract some important parts and turn them...Continue reading→
The Power of Failure. 7 Tips for startups and entrepreneurs
Apart from basic animalistic instincts, we are born with almost no fear. As a child my imagination ran wild and I drove my parents crazy, I had no fear, I believed I could swim without breathing underwater. I believed I could run as fast as the cars racing the down the street on our road,...Continue reading→
Sleep on it. Tips on how to solve any problem
In the last blog post, I wrote about how three days prior to the competition I still did not have a fully complete speech. It was missing many crucial parts and simply was short of a winning speech and the criteria that fulfilled all the objectives. There are two ways to tackle this. One way...Continue reading→
Perseverance: A key element in winning any competition
For those of you who know me, I am a member of Toastmaster\’s international and it plays a huge part in my life. This is where I practice what I teach entrepreneurs, communication, leadership, and much more. Every year Toastmasters holds an International Speech competition that starts at the club level. There are some 16,600...Continue reading→
Tips for aspiring motivational speakers. Preparing and delivering speeches that come from the heart.
Over the past two to three years, I have started a presentation titled “Passion and Vision: The ingredients of a successful Startup” mostly for entrepreneurs but as time passes I see this applicable to everything in our life. Several months ago, I presented a workshop on Passion & Vision: Learn how to speak from the...Continue reading→
Do you think I am an absolute idiot? – The tale of a genius: Ludwig Wittgenstein
It is possible that you don\’t know many of the names that I will mention in this article, but it does not matter so much. I have referenced them so that you can learn more about them if you want. However, what has struck me as most interesting and the point I want to share...Continue reading→
