Author: CHAD BECK
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THE POWER OF HABITS
My girlfriend’s best friend questioned me incredulously, possibly with disdain. We were in Anguilla celebrating this friend’s birthday at she and her husband’s invitation. It was such a lovely gesture to be invited. They had rented an entire villa on the sea and for just over a half a week. It was for me, also…
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HOW I RUINED BLACK FRIDAY
As we close the Black Friday – Cyber Monday shopping weekend out, I reflect on an experience I had early in my startup journey. As we close the Black Friday – Cyber Monday shopping weekend out, I reflect on an experience I had early in my startup journey. Earlier that year, in 2013, I had…
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THE WORLD’S STRONGEST MAN
Who is this guy? I’m listening to Jesse Itzler talk about having a Navy Seal live with him. On this podcast in my ear, Jesse’s running into a frozen pond in the dead of winter, doing push-up ladders until his arms melt, and doing workouts at completely random hours of day, while this hard-ass Seal…
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IN GOOD COMPANY
Imagine working at a fairly large-sized company. The success of your companies’ work requires collaboration and coordination across teams. The business is founder-led, has seen consistent annual growth, and has launched numerous new businesses over the last 2 decades. One of those businesses is the architecture on which modern web coding is based, among others.…
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WHICH PILL HOLDS THE TRUTH?
How you do anything is how you do everything. What you do in your 5 to 9 defines your 9 to 5. AI is going to steal your job. If you’re not working on your personal brand, you’re a \ nobody to the world. Failure is learning. Failure is losing. Everyone should quit their job…
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A BILLIONAIRE STORY
One of the great cheat codes is learning from others who are ahead of you in their journey of business or life. When I heard Andrew Wilkinson talking about his new book, Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire, I had to give it a read. I didn’t know much about Andrew, but I’ve always enjoyed…
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WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
One of my favorite places in the world to visit is Japan. The people, the culture, the food are inspiring. Just being there, whether it be for a long layover, a few days, or a couple of weeks, always changes me. Before my first trip there, I decided that I really needed to learn Japanese.…
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THE COST OF CONSISTENCY
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds”. -Emerson The impermanence of the present can be both easy and difficult to understand. I might not feel well today. I can think fatalistic thoughts- omg cancer or serious disease or I can think, hey, I’ll probably feel better tomorrow. Let me just take it easy…
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BEAST MODE
Usually when you start at a company, they give you some guide on Values, Behaviors, Org structure. It’s almost always fluffy BS that is in no way instructive on how to do your job and importantly, how to succeed and grow. I know because I’ve worked at 7 multi-billion dollar public companies. Now here’s this…
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FOUNDER MODE
I must confess that I’m a child of the 80s. You give me Duran Duran, Bruce Springsteen, and Wham! and you’ve created the short list for the world’s best music. MTV? We couldn’t wait for the release of a new Michael Jackson video- that’s how songs were launched. I spent night watching Miami Vice, Wiseguy,…