The Success Formulas

The Formula for Failure Is Subtle

I'm Sorry I Admit I Made a Mistake

Develop the Ability to Absorb Everything

Self Respect,Your Word & Commitment - T. Harv Eker

Joel Brown Interviews Tai Lopez to discuss why Self Development is so damn important when it comes to living a well rounded life of success.

Tai was a self made millionaire in his 20's and he loves sharing the knowledge he has learned through reading over 5,000 books.

Tai Lopez - Multi-Millionaire Advice - How To Maximize Your Life & Riches Through Self Development

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Communion Antiphon, "Rejoice in the Lord," from the CD Mass of St. Philip Neri, composed by Paul Jernberg. Recorded by the Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle, J. Michael Thompson, director, in July 2014. www.pauljernberg.com

Communion Antiphon for Confirmation - Paul Jernberg

Mastermind Summit 2017

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Episode 216: Jim Collins – How To Go From Good To Great Show Notes:  Sustained Excellence:  Never go to a meeting without writing down 5 questions prior to the meeting Always follow up the meeting with at least a page of notes -- Share those with your mentor   What made you say yes to The Learning Leader Show after 2 1/2 years?  It requires intense focus to prepare This is a teaching moment Only say yes if it's going to be impactful. The team determined this show was the right place to do that   Always ask yourself -- "How can I make myself useful to the world?"  This was advice originally given to him by Peter Drucker   A great teacher can change your life in 30 seconds -- Peter Drucker did that for Jim "I am constitutionally unemployable" -- Why Jim feels this about himself His curiosity has led to the success and most importantly... Great questions like:  How to turn something into an enduring great company? How someone or a company can go from Good To Great?   Jim most admired Peter Drucker when he was 35 years old...  The story of their first meeting and how Peter was the curious one... Kept peppering Jim with questions to start the conversation (much like Jim did to me to start this conversation) "The ultimate zen master with bamboo stick"   Drucker - "It seems to me that you spend a lot of time worrying if you will survive. You probably will survive. You seem to focus a lot on the question, "how to be successful?" That is the wrong question. The right question is "How to be useful?" What would it have cost Jim to not publish Good To Great after he finished the manuscript? -- More than $100m. &nbsp;He had to get it out in the world. &nbsp;He felt it was his responsibility to do so... Another great mentor said to Jim... "When seeking an entrepreneurial path... Cut off all other options and GO." "Everything is driven by by questions" Can a good company become a great company? How? Level 5 Leader  Starts with confronting the brutal facts Personal humility and professional will Not what, but who -- Get the right people on the bus   Does not happen in one fell swoop or a leap. It happens over time. Flywheel -- Create momentum Understand the hedgehog concept -- An expert in one thing... Knows it very well  3 Parts of the Hedgehog concept  Deeply passionate about it Encoded for it... You're really good at it. An expert Economically, you can make money from it     Level 5 Leaders:  What cause do I serve? Humility to serve... It's not about them Willful -- Able to make difficult decisions   For the best Level 5 Leaders... How do they sustain it?  It's easier for them because they understand their personal hedgehog -- It helps them remain renewed after many years   "Measured Risk" vs. "Burn The Boats"  Fire Bullets... Then Cannon Balls  For Jim, this was his first two books + his time as a professor at Stanford before he decided to leave to start his own company     You must navigate your path. &nbsp;It doesn't mean you take unfounded risk... Fire bullets first, then cannonballs  "If you never fire a cannonball, you'll never make it.   "BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal)  How to write a good one? Take calibrated, calculated risk -- Have things to keep you alive even if everything goes wrong  Productive Paranoia     Validation - What are points of success you can look to?  Jim's wife Joann committing to winning an Ironman race... She was a consultant at the time. &nbsp;She was also a runner. She tried biking and was very good at it. &nbsp;Eventually she practiced, took measured risks, and won the Ironman race   "If you were a trial attorney and had to win the case, what evidence would you use?" The Flywheel principle and putting it to use for Jeff Bezos and the Amazon team -- How could they build momentum? After Jim met with Jeff Bezos and his leadership team in 2001, Amazon executives were elated; according to several members of the team at the time, they felt that, after five years, they finally understood their own...

216: Jim Collins - How To Go From Good To Great

The Formula for Failure Is Subtle

Jim Rohn