Nov
23
The Crocodile Sheds No Tears
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One thing I realized long ago was that no matter how competent I was (or thought I was), I needed the help of others to achieve my dreams and goals. These “others” fell into many categories: mentors, investors, support network, clients, vendors, friends, drinking buddies, peers, wife, kids, and…employees. All of them played crucial roles in my development; tons of amazing stories. However, many moons ago I learned the concept of leverage through the use of something called a fulcrum, which produces a mechanical advantage when utilized properly.
Now… I’m not trying to get all engineering on you here. But it is really this simple; I was a very small kid…super short. Even as an adult, I stand now about 5′5″ and a half (and a HALF damn it). So… I had to learn how to make things work for me when nature simply had not/did not/would not/wasn’t planning on providing. Same principle that causes many fat people to be funny (see: John Candy, John Belushi, Chris Farley, Jack Black, etc, etc, etc). Anyway… fact is, you gotta figure another way to get what you want if the standard apparatus doesn’t achieve the goals. Read more