Friday 23 May 2014

The President Takes a Surprise Walk



President Obama stepped out from his White House bubble on Wednesday to greet a bunch of normals who happened to be in Washington, D.C., that day.
A video released by the White House, called "The President Takes a Surprise Walk," provides ample record of this historical moment, and shows us all how we'd react if we randomly encountered Obama on a stroll across Washington.





Sunday 2 March 2014

To succeed properly, allow yourself to fail

My son was fired from his job the other day. And his father was delighted.
He’s only ten years old. And the ‘job’ was as manager of a leading football team. In a popular video game.
I spent time earlier this week with successful entrepreneurs, listening to their life stories. And here’s the thing about the ones who succeed truly: they’re also full of failures.
Yes, failures. That unmentionable word, the one that’s suppressed and repressed, never referred to. The things we try so hard to pretend never happened. Failures.
The thing is this. If you are successful in some field of activity today, consider carefully what it is that has made you good at what you do. Trace back your own history carefully, and you will see that the the biggest contributor to success is failure.
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