Mike Gorlon

Influence is a best-selling book written by Robert Cialdini which discusses the seven subtle ways that persuade us to comply. Robert’s new book Presuasion re...

I 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 on how big a decisi...

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 turned out to be no...

Ray Dalio is the founder of one of the largest hedge funds in the world today called Bridgewater which has about $160 Billion in assets under management.  He...

Crush It is a book written by Gary Vaynerchcuk about finding your passion and turning that hobby of yours into a business that uses social media and the inte...

Steve Jobs needs no introduction.  He is one of the most known entrepreneurs after his revolution of the music player with the iPod, his revolution of the ce...

I 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 subscribe to and read pr...

Sam Walton wrote his autobiography, Made in America, after he got sick and was hospitalized. It’s a top recommended book by Warren Buffett and a great read f...

I just finished reading Ed Catmull's book called Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration .  Ed was the presi...

I recently wrote a post on my website about the founder of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, who received funding after his determination to help his company survive dur...

In Walter Isaacson’s biography on Steve Jobs there is a chapter dedicated to Apple's invention of the iPod and how it destroyed the incumbent music player, t...

I 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 time he hit rock bot...

I 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 and it is one of th...

I 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 hate flying for unde...

I was scrolling around Yahoo.com a couple of months ago and I came across a Business Insider article that caught my attention. A former Goldman Sachs employe...

Steve Jobs' commencement speech is by far my favorite one because it is short, simple, inspirational and there is so much wisdom and great life experiences t...