Peter’s Laws (From Peter Diamandis) – How To Think Bigger
If you’re challenged with harnessing the “abundance” mindset and find yourself often stuck in “scarcity” mindset, these laws from tech visionary Peter H. Diamandis can be helpful:
(Check Out The Source On Peter’s Blog Here)
- If anything can go wrong, fix it. To hell with Murphy
- When given a choice, choose both
- Multiple projects lead to multiple successes
- Start at the top, then work your way up
- Do it by the book, but be the author
- When forced to compromise, ask for more
- If you can’t win, change the rules
- If you can’t change the rules, ignore them.
- Perfection is not optional.
- When faced without a challenge, make one.
- “no” simply means begin again at one level higher
- Don’t walk when you can run
- When in doubt: THINK
- Patience is a virtue but persistence to the point of success is a blessing
- The squeaky wheel gets replaced
- The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live
- The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself
- The ratio of something to nothing is infinite
- You get what you incentivize
- If you think it’s impossible, then it is… for you
- An expert is someone who can tell you exactly how it can’t be done
- The day before something is a breakthrough it’s a crazy idea
- If it were easy, it would have been done already
- Without a target, you will miss every time
- Fail early, fail often, fail forward
- If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it
- The worlds most precious resource is the persistent and passionate human mind
- Bureaucracy is an obstacle to be conquered with persistence, confidence and a bulldozer when necessary
- Find something you would die for, and live for it