The overwhelming fear of being wrong, of screwing things up… I didnt want to create Gistcaster.com because nobody might like it. She didn’t vote because she was afraid her candidate would lose. He doesn’t want to buy insurance for his …
Talk does not cook rice
“Talk does not cook rice” – Chinese proverb Talk will not measure the rice. It will not light the fire. Or serve it to the hungry once it’s done cooking. Nope. Talk does not get the rice cooked and it …
This one thing I want to do
Happy new month and welcome to September! I had an awesome August and I look forward earnestly to what September will bring! However, the more I think about this new month, the more I realise that if we want to …
Building in vain
I have watched and seen do many people toil and toil, working their heads and hearts out, trying to build something awesome, only to fail. And when they finally fail, we cannot trace the failure to foolishness or lack of …
What is working now? What will work next?
I think it is the top job of any serious person in business, technology or any sector of the economy is to find what currently works, what will work next and do it. And keep repeating this loop until arrival …
Open for business
Most times, like a bolt of lightening you get an idea. Hours or days or years later, you are ready to roll. You are open for business. Getting your project in place is quite energy sapping, there are always a …
Learning a lesson
There is no easy way to learn a lesson. The pain you feel inside is part of the learning… Infact, without that painful feeling of a loss on the inside, you have not learnt anything. No pain, No gain The …
I do not have 10 years
It still takes a lot of work and about 10 years to become truly successful. This is the harsh truth people know, but refuse to talk about. Honestly, who wants to think they are 10 years away from their breakthrough? …
Think Small
Yes, you read that right, I did not make a mistake. Think small Think small and, yes you really should think small. I am so confident we have all heard the THINK BIG message so well, that it really is …
Re: Why do Inventors die poor?
A lot of people send in comments and analysis of TMP everyday, but I know that a lot of our subscribers still do not realise that the emails are reply-able. So, we decided to publish a recent feedback we got …