by twobrainmain | Jul 18, 2019 | Blog, DIY, Entrepreneurship, farmer, flow state, founder, Leadership, RSS, Running a Business, tinker
Just like money, you spend time. The further you travel on your entrepreneurial journey, the more valuable your time becomes. What are you buying with it? What’s your return? What are you buying with that meeting? How will that book move your...
by twobrainmain | Jul 16, 2019 | Blog, Entrepreneurship, farmer, founder, Leadership, RSS, Running a Business, staff, Uncategorized
A 1954 John Deere hay rake has 3 grease fittings. I know because we still use one. A hay rake isn’t a complicated machine: you pull it behind a tractor. Attached to its axle are long barbs that turn with the wheels. The barbs roll the cut hay into...
by twobrainmain | Jul 12, 2019 | Blog, Entrepreneurship, farmer, founder, RSS, Running a Business, thief, tinker, Uncategorized
What if every decision was simple? What if your staff didn’t have to bring every single question to you for an answer? What if you didn’t have to justify and apologize to your clients all the time? What if your headspace was more available for big...
by twobrainmain | Jul 10, 2019 | Blog, Entrepreneurship, farmer, founder, Leadership, Mentoring, RSS, Running a Business, thief, tinker
Defining Real Wealth The following is adapted from Founder, Farmer, Tinker, Thief. There’s a classic story about a businessman and a fisherman in which the vacationing businessman hires the fisherman to take him out on the water for the day. They have a lot of...
by twobrainmain | Jul 9, 2019 | Blog, Entrepreneurship, farmer, founder, RSS, Running a Business, thief, tinker
Yesterday, I wrote that the secret to having a Perfect Day was to define your own perfect day. I said that “if you don’t record what your Perfect Day would be, you’ll never have one.” The things that make us happy are actually happening...
by twobrainmain | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog, Entrepreneurship, farmer, founder, RSS, Running a Business, thief, tinker
“After reading your new book, I asked my ten-year-old what her Perfect Day would be. She thought about it, and then made a list: beach, time with Mom, and ice cream. The next night, after a day on the beach, she told me it was her “Perfect Day”...
