Monthly Archives: July 2010

Execute Your Own Circumstances {Food for Thought, Issue 1}

“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.” -George Bernard Shaw “Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.” [...]

The Pack Mentality

50% of our personality is determined by genetics; the other 50% is determined by… Nurture. (Nope.) Circumstances. (Nope.) Peers. Yep. At least that’s what Marcus says, in his book, and I don’t think he’s making it up. (Studies, research, formal stuff like that seem to be involved here.) [Read more about that concept here.] Continue reading

{Think Like an Entrepreneur} Passion to Overcome Your Weakness

This may come as a surprise to you, but if you are a freelancer then yes, my friend, you are an entrepreneur. Fernando Trias de Bes wrote The Little Black Book of Entrepreneurship, in which he talks about choosing your market sector: “Going into a sector you don’t know reduces your odds of success. Why? [...]