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Jay Leno believed low ego was his advantage. When you listen instead of defend, you learn faster and build stronger teams. That’s a lesson most people miss.


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Insightful conversation with the founder of Pret a Manger.


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Mike Vrabel on the most important thing he's learned about building a culture in the NFL. "I've learned that we can have different personalities. We can't have different mentalities." Strong cultures don’t ask people to be the same. They ask people to commit to the same…


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Powerful. Ryan Coogler brought his college professor, Rosemary Graham, to the National Board of Review Awards, honoring the woman whose words helped shape his path. Behind every success story in our community are the unsung heroes — teachers, mentors, and elders — who see our…


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Interview with Black American Businessman, Entrepreneur, and founder of Johnson Products Company, George E. Johnson Sr., on creating afro sheen, going public on the American stock exchange, and his role in the creation of Soul Train. TT: bookumapp


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This is the best preschool graduation speech you'll ever hear


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this is a super important principle: price is a proxy for product-market fit

Marc Andreessen: “I’m always urging founders to raise prices, raise prices, raise prices.” “We spend a lot of time working with our companies on pricing,” a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen explains. “It’s really this magical art and science that a lot of companies don’t take…



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Mario Cristobal on getting fired at FIU: "Sometimes if you don't move and God wants you to move, He'll kick you so you can move... It was a blessing because I had the opportunity to go learn under Coach Saban... and it all led back to here" #GoCanes #NationalChampionship


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#Patriots HC Mike Vrabel implemented a new team bonding exercise that highlighted each players 4 H’s this offseason. 🔹History 🔹Heroes 🔹Heartbreaks 🔹Hopes Many players have said it changed how connected the locker room feels. (🎥 @espn | @MikeReiss)

From Mike Reiss

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Mike Tomlin said 2 sentences that explain why most people never achieve their potential. Those same 2 sentences transformed how I think about success and the costs of success. Here's what he said and why it's so important:🧵

coachajkings's tweet image. Mike Tomlin said 2 sentences that explain why most people never achieve their potential. 

Those same 2 sentences transformed how I think about success and the costs of success.

Here's what he said and why it's so important:🧵

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The relentless pressure to find new ideas and turn investing into a manufacturing process is a huge challenge in fund management. The world doesn’t operate that way. What I’ve found works better is knowing precisely what you are looking for, being ready to act quickly when an…

sidecarcap's tweet image. The relentless pressure to find new ideas and turn investing into a manufacturing process is a huge challenge in fund management.

The world doesn’t operate that way.

What I’ve found works better is knowing precisely what you are looking for, being ready to act quickly when an…

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Your best performances will come when you are working in a way that is a full expression of you. The work becomes a natural display of your personality. This is when you not only get better results, but also love the activity — because in doing the craft, you feel alive.


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Billionaire Kenn Ricci is open with his kids about his wealth—and even has quarterly meetings with his family to talk about their finances. Watch the full interview with WSJ’s Gunjan Banerji: on.wsj.com/4szf3lO


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This is how rich people raise their kids


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Kobe Bryant shares the one leadership lesson he wished he had learned earlier in his career. "Understanding empathy and compassion...either you're going to be on the train or you're going to be on the track." Early in his career, Kobe led with intensity alone. High standards.…


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"We are already born. We are going to die. So you have to do something interesting that you respect in between."


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In Japan, they say, "Closed doors sometimes just save you from the wrong rooms."


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An additional thought on this from @drgurner "One thing that people at the very top don’t really struggle with is people-pleasing. I’m not talking about people who are quite successful, where this still occurs - I’m talking about the .01%.  They are not callous, but they are…

Most people choose belonging over accuracy. The desire to fit in overpowers the desire for truth. "A lot of the time, people will tell you, “Don’t care what other people think about you,” but we all care what other people think—often for very good reason, which is that if people…



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Curt Cignetti with the slam dunk… Stripped back - “Get into High Performance Mindset and stay there no matter what. Do not drop in attention. Do not drop in intensity. Keep a high level of intent no matter what…” A short narrative that makes clear what a great competitor…


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“When you lose, it really just puts everything out there. You have to look in that mirror and recognize what you need to do better.” — @AudiCrooks Winning hides what losing exposes. #BeyondWinning


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