The Path Belief Trap: The Hidden Reason Successful Businesses Fail
A pride of lions watched two herds of cows for four years. From one herd they killed fifteen cows, from the other they killed none. Both herds were undefended and lived in the same area of Botswana in Africa. Both herds had been attacked by lions in the past. There was only one difference between them. The cows of one herd had eyes painted on their behinds and the other did not. It turns out that painting eyes on the back of a prey animal can make a predator feel it has lost the element of surprise. As a [...]
The Path Belief Trap: The Hidden Reason Successful Businesses Fail
A pride of lions watched two herds of cows for four years. From one herd they killed fifteen cows, from the other they killed none. Both herds were undefended and lived in the same area of Botswana in Africa. Both herds had been attacked by lions in the past. There was only one difference between them. The cows of one herd had eyes painted on their behinds and the other did not. It turns out that painting eyes on the back of a prey animal can make a predator feel it has lost the element of surprise. As a [...]
The Path Belief Trap: The Hidden Reason Successful Businesses Fail
A pride of lions watched two herds of cows for four years. From one herd they killed fifteen cows, from the other they killed none. Both herds were undefended and lived in the same area of Botswana in Africa. Both herds had been attacked by lions in the past. There was only one difference between them. The cows of one herd had eyes painted on their behinds and the other did not. It turns out that painting eyes on the back of a prey animal can make a predator feel it has lost the element of surprise. As a result, [...]
The Path Belief Trap: The Hidden Reason Successful Businesses Fail
A pride of lions watched two herds of cows for four years. From one herd they killed fifteen cows, from the other they killed none. Both herds were undefended and lived in the same area of Botswana in Africa. Both herds had been attacked by lions in the past. There was only one difference between them. The cows of one herd had eyes painted on their behinds and the other did not. It turns out that painting eyes on the back of a prey animal can make a predator feel it has lost the element of surprise. As a result, [...]
What Was Steve Jobs’ "Secret"?
A lot has been written about Steve Jobs since his death that attempts to explain the source of his brilliance and creativity. What was it about him that enabled him to invent or reinvent several industries? What was his unique quality? I think I figured it out. I got my first clue from the following except from Walter Isaacson’s biography, Steve Jobs. What do you notice? An important clue to what made Steve Jobs “different” "Jobs described [to Corning Glass' CEO, Wendell Weeks] the type of glass Apply wanted for the iPhone, and Weeks told him [...]
