Last week, it was Tesla's Elon Musk saying find work-life balance, but this week it's Amazon's Jeff Bezos saying to stop aiming for work-life balance. So, where do we go now? Well both Jeff and Elon are right. The two of them said YOU have to find your own work-life harmony. And more importantly it's not balance, it's about harmony. What works for you? Only you can discover what works best for YOU.
All big companies have systems. There is no personality. It's all about the system, because systems never fail. People can get emotional and affects their decision-making, but systems never get emotional. It's the same thing.
If you've noticed the entire video of the day series, there is a system. Just go back the past three weeks to figure it out.
Find your own balance and what works for you. It goes back to not comparing yourself to other people. Remember "when a 'foot' compares itself to a 'yard', it always comes up short." Only compare yourself to you and what you were doing yesterday. It's the toughest thing to do when you see your friends and colleagues doing some great things, but if that's the only thing you do, you will be successful. Remember what BC assistant baseball coach Greg Sullivan said "little drops make big drops." Little advancements and achievements for you, make you, immensely, better.
Am I better at making and producing feature videos and using Adobe Premiere Pro today than I was in September? Undeniably yes. Am I as good as some of my other colleagues, probably not, but I am getting better at it.
It's what the book "David vs. Goliath" is all about. You'd never wish dyslexia or other learning disabilities, but those people are the most successful because all their life they had adapt, search and create different ways so they could understand a concept that everyone else was understanding instantly.
4. Remain Current
Keep up with the times and adapt to all the technology that is around you.
5. Invite Curiosity
6. Be Creative and Conscientious
7. Find Time To Daydream
Happens to me a lot when I go out for my long walks. Best way to come up with your next big idea.
8. Look For Patterns
9. Gain Experience
10. Be Brave To Stand Out
Bonus
Change Your Attitude
Take A Shot
I would be amiss if I didn't mention Malcolm Gladwell's books. Writing five best-sellers, Gladwell really makes you think about the world. One of the books I've enjoyed by him is "Outliers," a story of why some people succeed and others don't.
Can definitely see this happening. Just like you can call an Uber, you'll be able to call a Chef that will come over to your house and cook whatever type of food you want. That would be pretty cool thing to invest in - chefs who go to other people's houses and cook a nice dinner.
2. Movie Theaters
You've already started to see the trend of people not wanting to go to the movies. Many people wait for it come out on "On Demand" or watch Netflix, YouTube, or Hulu.
3. Telecommunications
Facebook Messager, Twitter or Instagram DMs serve the same purpose. Direct messaging. Seriously, I ask myself this question all the time "why do I have a phone number? I don't answer it anyway."
4. Cars
True. Cars are a depreciating asset. Once it's taken off the lot it's now a pre-owned car and its value drops instantly. Plus with there being less and less parking, it's more cost effective to take an Uber or a Lyft.
5. Wallets Once the DMV makes an App for ID cards and licenses, it's going to be pointless to carry around a wallet anymore. Seriously, go through your current wallet - and I say wallet, not purse - and see how many things you actually need. Pretty sure the license or state ID card would be the only necessity. The use of cash is limited these days, and credit cards and insurance cards can be moved to an App.
6. Retailers How many times have you gone to a "brick and mortar" store like Best Buy, Walmart, Target to look at something, only to go home and order it on Amazon that night? Don't act like you haven't done it before.
7. Insurance
8. Traditional Journalism
It's been happening for awhile. Think about how successful a "Deadspin" or "Barstool Sports" have become. Those outlets have become just as big breaking news as some of the major news outlets. In the age of social media, networking, blogging, and vlogging, it doesn't take much to get your ideas and opinion out there. In today's world, you are you're own media source, so start marketing and branding yourself.
9. College Sports
Once again already starting to see this happen. Athletics is the front porch of college campus, but the current trend in higher education is there are lower numbers of students going to college. Those students who are going to college are either going to 1. larger institutions, 2. state schools, or 3. a combination of both. The small schools are folding faster and faster (i.e. Dowling, Daniel Webster, Wheelock, Mount Ida). However, I highly disagree that LaVar Ball's method is truly going to be the feeder for the professional leagues. His method sounds like one big AAU program and I don't believe parents are going to trust their children to a guy like LaVar Ball.
10. Gas Stations
11. Politics
Maybe not in the next election, but in 2024 (unless you all want to vote for me in 2020) we will see a 35-year-old president. Mark Zuckerberg?
Schools were formed when we were living in the industrial age, when we were training people to be employees and produce rather than create. Now I'm not saying education isn't important because it is. Education teaches us how to think critically, and speak intelligently which helps us be able to create content. But how do we create content if we are continued to be pushed towards the production mindset?
The only person you need to compare yourself to is the person you were yesterday. Can you look yourself in the mirror and say "I did better today than I did yesterday?"
Does David Price realize that the Red Sox are paying him $30 million a year to pitch and to win baseballgames not win games of "Fortnite?"
If there was any doubt before there isn't any more of who the leader in the clubhouse is. It's David Price. Times are changing. The kids are here and are dominating, but so, too, are their habits - their gaming habits. This next generation of players grew up in front of screens. Playing video games in front of computer screens, on iPhones, iPads, you name it these kids have probably played in front of it and it's not a good thing.
"Fortnite" may be a good for team-bonding, but when your paying these professional athletes millions of dollars, you want them to be in peak physical condition. You don't expect one of your top pitchers to miss a start because of carpal tunnel syndrome - something that is typically diagnosed in people in assembly-line work, where constant repetitive hand movements is the norm.
You don't expect to see it in elite professional athletes where their body is their lively-hood and to be able to perform at a high level they have to take of it and excessive gaming is not part of training. Remember the old saying "healthy body, healthy mind."
Tom Brady isn't still playing football at the ripe age 41 because he spends four hours a day playing his "PlayStation." Say what you want about the TB12 Method, but he's spending that time working on avoiding those type of chronic/nagging injuries and working on his pliability and dexterity. If he does spend time in front of the monitors, it's most likely watching game film of himself to improve.
But player's manager, Alex Cora - now to be known as "Manager Alex" going forward - believes it is has nothing to do with playing "Fortnite" and that the diagnosis of carpel tunnel is a "good thing."
Alex Cora was asked if carpal tunnel for David Price has to do with playing Fortnite. He’ll sit down with Price to talk about things but he indicated he thinks it’s from baseball activities
Of course you don't "Manager Alex" because that means you'd have to, not only. answer to Boston media and Sox fans, but you'd also have to confront Price. This is just scrapping the surface of a bigger problem - the game habits affecting the performance of their star players on the field.
Right now, Red Sox Nation, your second best pitcher pulled himself out of TWO starts against your rival because of a habit of a high schooler and the rest of your team is following.
14 Strategies to Beat Your Competition as an Entrepreneur
Valuetainment
1. Know Your Weaknesses
2. Know HIS Weaknesses
3. Master Three Things That You Do Better
4. Don't Try To Be Goliath
5. Focus On Specializing
6. Be A Niche Player
7. When You're Small, Appear Bigger
8. Keep A Low Profile, Initially
9. Move Quickly and Fast
10. Don't Jump The Gun
11. Partner With A Competitor That Shares Same Enemy
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
12. Study History
13. Let Other Competitors Wear Down Opponents
14. Come back to this blog every Wednesday to learn more strategies on taking on Goliath, and more importantly go read Malcolm Gladwell's book "David vs. Goliath: Underdogs, Misfts, and the Art of Battling Giants."
The words "just calm down" does tend to help the OTHER person who is not suffering from anxiety or a panic attack. But if you do suffer from anxiety watch the video below for 10 ways to deal with anxiety.
Don't follow the perception other people have of a situation, give it your own meaning.
2. Anchoring
Use physical, vocal, or music triggers. Remember how Tim Taylor from Home Improvement used to grunt? That is good exercise in controlling your emotions. You don't have to grunt, but find something else that helps you control your emotional state.
3. Speak Well Of Yourself To Yourself
4. Be Healthy
Healthy Mind, Healthy Body, Healthy Soul
5. Practice Being Calm and Relaxed in Challenging Physical Situations
