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Business lessons hit hardest from fields far removed. The best insights skip the mind and sink straight into the body. Pick anything—motor racing, dancing, sculpting, or wrestling.
The trouble with business books, programs, and seminars? Too much noise. A student can’t sift the signal from the clutter. Rules and nuances pile up, but there’s no hierarchy of what matters most.
When learning anything, one rule stands: less is more.
Luckily, human endeavors share a core truth. It makes sense—everywhere, a human wrestles with the world, himself, or others. An ocean differs from the air or society, but not by much. Patterns of success or failure show up here and there.
So, if a revelation strikes you in, say, sports, pause and think: “How does this apply to my business?” If the idea shakes you, it’s gold. Pure meaning, no filler.
Take John Danaher, coach of champions. He said, “In jiu-jitsu, you are judged by the outcome of the throw not the throw itself.”
That’s the heart of entrepreneurship! Founders live by it, but too many managers, even CEOs, stall, unable to embrace it.
The universe doesn’t care how you won or how sloppy, flawed, or foolish it looked. Your fearsome rival’s on the ground, gasping, begging for mercy? Bravo!
You’re the creator. You’re free to play the games that fire you up.
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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