“The very same time that’s making you anxious is actually your most valuable asset. You can always create more energy and more money—but you can never create more time.”
Andrew Bustamante is a former covert CIA intelligence officer and decorated US Air Force combat veteran. In 2017, he founded EverydaySpy.com, the first digital platform teaching real-world intelligence techniques to[…]
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From “crave” packs to Valentine bookings, the world’s first fast-food hamburger chain values innovation from every level of the organization.
Dave Whorton is the Founder and CEO of Tugboat Institute and the author of Another Way.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz is a partner and the Director of Research at investment firm Nightview Capital. A former investigative journalist, with bylines in The New Yorker, GQ, Fast Company, among other[…]
Acting “little and often” has huge consequences and they’re not always good — but awareness yields solutions.
According to the legendary investor, the best method is a blueprint for “extreme success.”
The essential element needed for innovation is creative dissonance — and the keys to unlocking it were forged by bankers in Italy.
How to figure out the right amount of time for any project.
Stories of child prodigies and the naturally gifted hide the fact that success is built on more than talent alone.
That completely useless thing you want to get rid of — it’s probably more important than you think.
Borrow the same technique that produced McDonald’s, the Hawaiian pizza, the Beatles’ greatest hits, and Shakespeare’s rhetorical flair.
We often assume that movement means progress and that doing something is better than doing nothing. That is often not true.
For a plan to go as smooth as clockwork, be prepared to pounce on opportunity.
To break “analysis paralysis,” reduce the number of available options — and introduce an element of chance.