Thanks for listening! Here are the main concepts I made reference to in my keynote at the NACUE Student Enterprise Conference 2018.
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CREATING USEFUL PEOPLE
CLEVER TYKES STORYBOOKS
Entrepreneurial role models for children here.
HELL, YEAH WHY NOT?
Article about saying YES here.
“HELL YEAH” OR “NO” – Derek Sivers.
From his website:
Use this rule if you’re often over-committed or too scattered. If you’re not saying “HELL YEAH!” about something, say “no”. When deciding whether to do something, if you feel anything less than “Wow! That would be amazing! Absolutely! Hell yeah!” — then say “no.” When you say no to most things, you leave room in your life to really throw yourself completely into that rare thing that makes you say “HELL YEAH!” Every event you get invited to. Every request to start a new project. If you’re not saying “HELL YEAH!” about it, say “no.” We’re all busy. We’ve all taken on too much. Saying yes to less is the way out.
Sivers’ book: Anything You Want
TRIBE OF MENTORS – Tim Ferriss.
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- Read the book
- See whose values you agree with
- See whose stories resonate with you
- Read the books they recommend
CONSISTENCY
- Actions, not words reveal our true values
- 30 lessons on success (especially lesson 23!)
NARRATIVE FALLACY
The narrative fallacy addresses our limited ability to look at sequences of facts without weaving an explanation into them, or, equivalently, forcing a logical link, an arrow of relationship upon them. Explanations bind facts together.
Discussed in more detail here.
- Should I share my startup journey on social media?
- How to have a healthy relationship with social media
EUTHYMIA
In Seneca’s essay on tranquility, he uses the Greek word euthymia, which he defines as “believing in yourself and trusting that you are on the right path, and not being in doubt by following the myriad footpaths of those wandering in every direction.”
FURTHER LINKS
- Minimalism, Stoicism, Essentialism
- Best cities in the world to work from here
- How to ruin your life without even noticing that you are