Mike GorlonJun 137 minWhat Does the Saying “When the Tide Goes Out, You Find Out Who is Swimming Naked” Mean?This saying has been widely quoted by Warren Buffett and with the COVID 19 pandemic sweeping through the world and causing havoc, the saying
Mike GorlonJan 6, 20196 minThis is How We Are Influenced and PersuadedInfluence is a best-selling book written by Robert Cialdini which discusses the seven subtle ways that persuade us to comply. Robert’s new...
Mike GorlonNov 29, 20182 min1 Way, 2 Way Door Decision MakingI recently read about Amazon using a 1 way, 2 way door thought process to help them make decisions. In short, what they do is they decide...
Mike GorlonFeb 11, 20181 minWhere are the Customers' Yachts?Over two years ago I read a book by Fred Schwed Jr called Where Are The Customers' Yachts based on a recommendation by Warren Buffett. It...
Mike GorlonJan 16, 201812 minPrinciples To Help You Live A Better LifeRay Dalio is the founder of one of the largest hedge funds in the world today called Bridgewater which has about $160 Billion in assets u...
Mike GorlonJan 4, 20184 minTurning Your Passion Into A BusinessCrush It is a book written by Gary Vaynerchcuk about finding your passion and turning that hobby of yours into a business that uses socia...
Mike GorlonOct 29, 20179 min6 Things You May Not Know About Steve Jobs, And A Look At His BiographySteve Jobs needs no introduction. He is one of the most known entrepreneurs after his revolution of the music player with the iPod, his ...
Mike GorlonJul 23, 201712 minHow To Fail At Almost Everything And Still Win BigI first came across Scott Adam’s book How to Fail At Almost Everything and Still Win Big on a Farnam Street blog post, a blog that I subs...
Mike GorlonJun 28, 20179 minHow Sam Walton Built The Greatest Retail Empire Of The 20th CenturySam Walton wrote his autobiography, Made in America, after he got sick and was hospitalized. It’s a top recommended book by Warren Buffet...
Mike GorlonMar 17, 201716 minThoughts On CreativityI just finished reading Ed Catmull's book called Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration...
Mike GorlonJan 14, 20176 minWhat Is The Difference Between Money And WealthI recently wrote a post on my website about the founder of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, who received funding after his determination to help his...
Mike GorlonJan 3, 20172 minA Lesson On Apple's Destruction of Sony's Top Selling Music PlayerIn Walter Isaacson’s biography on Steve Jobs there is a chapter dedicated to Apple's invention of the iPod and how it destroyed the incum...
Mike GorlonJan 3, 20172 minThe Founder Of Airbnb On Surviving During The Harshest Of TimesI just saw a video from Brian Chesky, founder of Airbnb, where he is giving a lecture to a couple of Stanford University students on the ...
Mike GorlonJan 2, 20179 minThe Hard Thing About Hard ThingsI read Ben Horowitz’s book titled The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers over two years ago...
Mike GorlonJan 1, 20175 minAmazon Founder, Jeff Bezos', Shareholder LettersI spent 5 hours on a plane flying to Las Vegas for a friend's wedding so this gave me a lot of extra time to read. Where as most people ...
Mike GorlonDec 31, 20163 minThe Secret That So Many People Don't Do Enough Of To Get AheadI was scrolling around Yahoo.com a couple of months ago and I came across a Business Insider article that caught my attention. A former G...
Mike GorlonDec 31, 20162 minInspirational Words From Steve Jobs's Commencement SpeechSteve Jobs' commencement speech is by far my favorite one because it is short, simple, inspirational and there is so much wisdom and grea...