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