1: “Most people reach for just a little bit more—a promotion, a little more money, a new personal record,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less.

“Going for incremental progress is a 2x mindset,” the authors observe, “which at a fundamental level means we’re continuing or maintaining what we’re already doing.”

2x is a linear mindset.  … continue reading

1: Yesterday, we analyzed the path Michelangelo took to create and sell his first sculpture, the Hercules.

Doing so “left him a qualitatively different person from his former 17-year-old self who began the project,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less.

“After selling the Hercules, he was now mentally and emotionally a different person, … continue reading

1: Michelangelo was 17 years old.

“He’d just begun working on his first life-sized, three-dimensional sculpture: a nine-foot Hercules, Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less.

Previously, Michelangelo had sculpted many smaller pieces.  But none were three-dimensional.  And he’d yet to sell a piece of his work.

But now, Michelangelo had made a decision that would … continue reading