Steve Jobs was famous for his ‘reality distortion field’, whereby he’d bend reality to make the seemingly impossible happen.
In my experience, entrepreneurs think entrepreneurial thinking is the answer to everything. I certainly used to be guilty of that thinking.
But here’s why that probably isn’t the case…
Even in a business, reality distortion works best for creating brand new things. It doesn’t necessarily work for operations, where best practice is often best (funny that). It doesn’t work when a failure to deliver leads to suffering.
So, reality distortion probably doesn’t work for running a country, as we have seen very clearly of late.
Reality distortion definitely doesn’t work in medicine where best practice is founded in evidence, not quackery.
Everything has its place, but it’s important to remember that nothing is useful in all situations.
A while ago we were at a horse show. Zara and I walked the course, and I read the jump off and told Zara what it was.
Observing many people and many businesses over time, I’ve observed two factors within your control that lead to much great returns.
Every morning, I meditate with Ernie resting his head on my lap. It’s a special time.
We should eat more leafy greens, go plant based, eat fish not red meat, don’t eat dairy…