Category: Video
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Book Recommendation: The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer
This video is about a book that I read last week that has had a major impact on my approach to life (even if only over the last 7 days…). The Surrender Experiment Check out: The Surrender Experiment, by Michael Singer https://amzn.to/2I0C6DC Read More Great Books If you would like to see my full list […]
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Jeff Bezos on High Standards, and on Why you Don’t Achieve your Goals
I’ve published two videos this week. Both of these videos were inspired by Jeff Bezos’ letter to shareholders from last week. (The text of the letter is available below). 2 Jeff Bezos Inspired Videos The first: why do we fail to achieve our goals? The second: how do we create high standards? if you are […]
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Learning Patience – Becoming Mindful of My Daily Activities
I share a tool that I have used to become mindful of my daily activities. This video is from the IESE EMBA Intensive week and I share an exercise that I have been doing for the last few months – that has shown me that “feeling in a rush” is one of the big detractors […]
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Freedom is difficult, but be careful of wishing for fences
Be careful what you wish for… In the Zoo, the animals are safe in their cages, they are fed 3 meals a day, the fence keeps out predators and competition (isn’t that what Trump promised?). We have to be careful what we wish for. Freedom comes with a price, and that price is called responsibility. […]
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Commitment and Success
I spoke with one of my mentors in Madrid this week. We spoke about success in business. What is business success? What price is worth paying? What are the ingredients of achieving success? Is Business Success due to Great Decisions, or is it due to Excellent Implementation? I share his answer in this video. PS […]
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What went Wrong (2017)? What can go Right (2018)?
We had some unexpected happenings in 2017. Brexit, Trump’s election as US President and the independence referendum in Spain were unwelcome surprises for me. I reflect on what happened in 2017 and what can go right in 2018. I wish you and yours a wonderful 2018.
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Politics: The Dangers of Simple Answers and Angry Masses
There is a lot of frustration and anger in the world. This has led to the election of Donald Trump, to the Brexit vote in the UK and to the Catalan independence movement here in Barcelona. On the declaration of independence here in Catalunya, I made this video reflecting on the last 18 months of […]
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Finding Balance between Ambition and Peace of Mind, External vs Internal Success
“If someone followed your life and took 24 hours of film of everything you do for a day and they edited that into a one-hour documentary… the editor could decide to make you look like the worst villain ever or the greatest hero ever… it depends on which parts of your day he puts into […]
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The 1 Mental Hurdle That You Must Overcome to Succeed, by Billionaire Ray Dalio
Billionaire Ray Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater, one of the world’s largest and best-performing hedge funds. Recently, Ray published his lessons in his book, Principles. Here’s the opening paragraph of Ray Dalio’s book… “Before I begin telling you what I think, I want to establish that I am a “dumb shit” who doesn’t know […]