The Twenty Percenter
Weekly advice for top business professionals.
Flywheels and Siphons (2 Min Read) | Vol. 132 January 03, 2025 “Each turn [of the flywheel] builds upon previous work as you make a series of good decisions, supremely well executed, that compound one upon another. This is how you build greatness.” ― Jim Collins Flywheels and Siphons This past fall, I had to …
Nine 2024 Year-End Reflections and One 2025 Intention (2 Min Read) | Vol. 131 December 27, 2024 “People don’t really learn when you tell them something. They don’t even really learn when they do something. They start learning, start creating new neural pathways, only when they have a chance to recall and reflect on what …
How Focus Really Works (2 Min Read) | Vol. 130 December 20, 2024 “Knowing what to leave out is just as important as knowing what to focus on.” — Warren Buffett How Focus Really Works Johannes Kepler is considered one of the founders of modern optics. In the early 1600s, he improved Galileo’s reflecting telescope …
Achievers Make Their Own Luck (2 Min Read) | Vol. 129 December 13, 2024 “Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.” – Serena Williams Achievers Make Their Own Luck Happy …
Find Your Calm in Holiday Chaos (2 Min Read) | Vol. 128 December 06, 2024 “Your ability to handle chaos is amazing. Your willingness to tolerate it is maddening.” – Jordan Freed Find Your Calm in Holiday Chaos It’s the holiday season. Bring on the chaos. ’Tis the season when busy people have to find …
No-vember — Addition by Subtraction (2 Min Read) | Vol. 127 November 29, 2024 “People think focusing is about saying ‘yes’ to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. …
No-vember – Your Not-To-Do List (3 Min Read) | Vol. 126 In case you missed it, after 477 episodes, I stepped in as host of The ONE Thing podcast. New episodes drop on Mondays. Please check it out and leave a review if you like the new format! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or …
No-vember – Stop Moving the Goalposts (3 Min Read) | Vol. 125 In case you missed it, I’m excited to be stepping in as host of The ONE Thing podcast going forward. New episodes drop on Mondays. I hope you’ll give it a listen and let me know what you think! You can catch The ONE …
No-vember – Reject Red-Flag Relationships (4 Min Read) | Vol. 124 “When someone shows you who they really are, believe them the first time.” – Maya Angelou No-vember – Reject Red-Flag Relationships There is nothing more important than the people you surround yourself with. Jim Rohn famously said, “You are the average of the five …
No-vember – Avoid the Curse of Knowledge (3 Min Read) | Vol. 123 “The gift of a beginner is fresh eyes.” – James Clear No-vember – Avoid the Curse of Knowledge In 1990, Stanford University graduate psychology student Elizabeth Newton published a study highlighting the vast communication gap between experts and beginners. Subjects were instructed …
