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Accelerate Serendepity

My favorite thought from last year was in an article on Tony Hsieh’s thoughts on ‘accelerating serendipity’.

The last thing we want from our days is for them to be consistently similar.

In the end, our lives and our businesses are ideas about ideas and more often than not our new ideas come to us when our paths have hints of randomness and serendipity.

Read the random book.

Shake hands with the stranger.

Take the long route to work.

Listen to the weird tunes.

This is how one accelerates serendipity.

And then you will…

See what you never saw and hear what you never heard.

 

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Top 10 Books I’ve Read This Year

In no specific order:

Entreleadership – Dave Ramsey

– This is the gold standard of running a business.  I keep a copy in the top drawer of my desk.

Love Does – Bob Goff

– Whimsy whispers and we must respond. When we do…Love does His/her thing.

Art and Fear – David Bayles and Ted Orland

– When fear leaves art happens.

Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill

– I was told by everyone to read this. I still listen to it in my car weekly. It’s not about money either…its about designing what you call a rich life.

Turning Pro – Steven Pressfield 

– A great question for any moment. “Are you acting like a pro or an amateur?”

Necessary Endings – Dr. Henry Cloud

– I found out ending is a chance to begin.

Simple Numbers – Greg Crabtree and Beverly Blair Harzog

– This book redefined the basics of profit, margin, and expenses for me.

The 4-Hour Work Week – Timothy Ferris

– You don’t want to put this down and you’ll want to dream even bigger than what you’re dreaming now.

Blue Ocean Strategy – W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne

– Dominate – don’t compete.

Delivering Happiness – Tony Hsieh

– I now have a note behind my desk that says “Out zappos Zappos.”

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