Archive for the 'Philosophy' Category

5 Steps of Entrepreneurial Growth

Friday, January 8th, 2010

I defined 5 steps in the entrepreneurial journey that I think most people go through. The distribution is a pyramid and only a small percentage of people make it through each stage.
(1) No Desire —intrinsic motivation suppressed (usually by the school system) (2) Desire to make an impact and be entrepreneurial, but uncertainty about how [...]

The Lego Model— From the Force For the Future Blog

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Original post can be found here.

There are two types of organizations that are driving a majority of our economic growth: the startup and the large corporation.

On one hand, we have startups, which are where the innovation is happening and on the other hand, we have corporations, which have the advantages of scale and abundant resources. [...]

Notes on Wisdom

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

On Thursday night I was having dinner with friends and we discussed the topic of Wisdom. What it means, and who has it.
I thought I’d share some of our ideas.
In order to have wisdom you need to have had some success. You can’t have failed all the time. Some success is better than all failure.
Mixed [...]

Elite Are Elite Because They Have Better Genes. But For How Long?

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Lessons in Survivial an article than ran in Newsweek details an experiment run at military training camp that explains scientifically why Special Forces units are able to bounce back faster than ordinary soldiers. The study shows that their bodies are simply genetically better suited for enduring and recovering from high pressure, high stress situations.
Morgan found [...]

Boarding the Train of Self Discovery – Inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

The Full Nietzche Quote I used as inspiration for this post is attached at the bottom.
I find many of Nietzche’s thoughts hard to relate to due my unfamiliarity with the time period he is writing in, but I found this paragraph rich with enduring ideas.
Nietzsche’s basic argument here is that men are fearful and lazy. [...]

What The World Needs Now…

Friday, January 9th, 2009

I believe what the world needs most is a large crop of motivated lifelong learners who are capable of seeing big problems in the world and solving them. I would like to see in the next year, these people go out and make their transformative ideas a reality. I would like to see these people [...]