Trading the Trend (Collection)

Ethos

The dog days are over/The dog days are done/The horses are coming/So you better run.¹

The very bright trailblazers who molded my thinking can be seen across these pearls:

• Bring joyful, imaginative, and impassioned energy every day. Don’t fake it.

• You don’t need to be big to be good, you need to be smart.

• When there is no one there, insert yourself. Take over.

• Engage the world as if your life depends on it.

• Nothing is more important than transforming someone.

• Have a vision grounded in your uniqueness.

• The race winner is often curious and slightly mad.

• Dry obligation in life will figuratively kill you.

• No one will give you permission. Seize the mantle.

• If you can’t solve a problem, you are playing by the collective’s rules. ...