Posts Tagged ‘risk’

Can the Lifehacking Concept Help You Live Until the Singularity?

Most geeks know who Ray Kurzweil is. Most musicians do too, and so do many blind people. Kurzweil has invented so many things in so many different fields, it’s hard to know where to begin.

Perhaps one of the things he’s most famous for, aside from inventing the first reading machine and some awesome keyboards (the kind a musician plays), is his support—or, really, evangelism—for the concept of the Singularity.

The… » Continue

April 8 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: lifehacking, motivation, risk, success, system | 10 comments»

How to Fail at Practically Anything

I say, fail a lot. Push yourself to the limits of your talents, endurance, and common sense, and then go one step further and fall down, spectacularly if possible. Failure is one of life’s great forces; it’s driven far more innovation than talent, creativity, or necessity combined. Plus, its stories are better.

Most people, of course, avoid failure. Or, at least, they try to, as much… » Continue

September 12 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: failing, failure, planning, risk, success | 11 comments»

Put yourself on the line

“Why don’t you join me on the line?” Do you think I’m inviting you to get on a conference call? Is the football player in you visualizing the scrimmage line? Does ‘on the line’ mean anything in particular to you?

The line that we’re going to look at today is the line that separates risk from safety. It separates the unpredictable from the predictable. It divides security from opportunity. The… » Continue

July 25 2007 | By Susan | Tagged: comfort, creative, risk | 1 comment»

Psychics Must Be the Most Productive People in the World

“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.” ~ Wayne Gretzky

Think about this… If you could predict the future, your productivity would skyrocket. The biggest hurdles to productivity are interruptions, distractions, and unknowns. No matter how many tools you use, lists you keep, methods you follow - life will come along and screw everything up with… » Continue

February 15 2007 | By Tony | Tagged: assessment, planning, Productivity, risk, unexpected | no comments»

What we have most to fear is fear itself

Have you noticed how often people draw back from trying something new because of fear? Fear that they might not make it; fear that the outcome will not be as good as they hope that it will be; fear that change may prove that what they’ve been doing until now isn’t as good as they’ve made it out to be; fear of being seen to make a mistake—even if that… » Continue

February 5 2007 | By Adrian | Tagged: achievement, anxiety, fear, risk, worrying | 2 comments»

Risks versus Rewards Worksheet

There are lots of methods and techniques for making decisions. One of the most commonly used is the pros versus cons list or risks versus rewards. This type of list helps make a clear distinction about what benefits a choice offers, and also what you have to lose.

To make it easy, I put together a basic spreadsheet that I use to quickly show how the rewards measure up to the… » Continue

November 14 2006 | By Tony | Tagged: cons, decisions, pros, reward, risk, software, worksheet | 9 comments»