Build on your strengths, not your weaknesses

As business coach Dan Sullivan says, "If you spend too much time working on your weaknesses, all you end up with is a lot of strong weaknesses!"

Tim Ferriss said in his book that it is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor. The choice is between multiplication of results using strengths or incremental improvement fixing weaknesses that will, at best, become mediocre. Focus on better use of your best weapons instead of constant repair.

Shefaly Yogendra also wrote a very good post on Serial entrepreneurs focus on core strengths and how core strength enhanced opens new markets. In summary:

• Core strength + new knowledge –> new market
• Core strength + removal of a constraint –> new market
• Core strength + emergent opportunity –> new market

Are you a Leader or just a Boss?

The Practice of Leadership on the difference between being a boss and being a leader

People follow the boss because they have to if they want to keep their jobs. People follow leaders because of who they are and where they are going. Too many leaders today rely on their position to lead. How about you?

It's also quite disappointed when a leader turns into a boss.

iPhone Arts

My wife painted some arts with her fingers on my iPhone using DoodleBuddy. What do you think?

On the left is her first attempt painting on iPhone. On the right is her trying to emulate Chinese free style painting.

We need to have PRIDE

As an individual, we need to have PRIDE.

P - Passion
R - Responsibility
I - Integrity
D - Drive
E - Energy

Why I coverted to iPhone

I like things that come in a single package and solve multiple problems at the same time. After using Blackberry for awhile, here are the three main reasons for my switching to iPhone.

1) I want a Netbook. I like the ability to do computing and surfing on the road.

2) I want a iPod. I listen to a lot of audio books, especially when I'm driving.

3) I want a Kindle. Apparently we always end up in some kind of waiting. An ebook reader is a perfect thing to do when I wait.

Here is the last thing I like. I can blog on the road and I blog this post on my iPhone.

Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy

Leadership Lessons learned from Dancing Guy by Derek Sivers. Read transcript at http://sivers.org/ff

Steve Jobs: How to live before you die

At his Stanford University commencement speech, Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple and Pixar, urges us to pursue our dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks -- including death itself.

The Strangest Secret

Is there a secret to success and failure?
The answer is yes. You become what you think about.
- Earl Nightingale