Comments on: 11 Lessons to Learn From Honest Abe, the Bumbling Entrepreneur

By: lopside

lopside — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:05:39 +0000

thx man this realy helped me!

By: lopside

lopside — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:05:39 +0000

thx man this realy helped me!

By: comme ci, comme ca « Life in Chiapas

comme ci, comme ca « Life in Chiapas — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:19:08 +0000

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By: Michael@Awareness * Connection

Michael@Awareness * Connection — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:55:57 +0000

Great post. Nice to hear a new angle on Abe. Our history does tend to get into ruts with little inspiring stories, whether true or not, with Lincoln's being tales of perseverance against all odds.

I love the mention of his hat. Between the top hat and his height that must have been one imposing figure. And it occurs to me now that this was the original GTD hat. Why aren't we seeing the giant top hat hack on our GTD sites?

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:25:05 +0000

Great Post. Its supsected that Abe Lincoln Had Marfans Syndrome, Its a disease that effects the joints and connective tissue. It made his posture extremely poor. Even with this he still manage to work super hard run the country and a war!

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The Attitude of a Great Dreamer « DeepakPanigrahy’s Weblog — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:25:58 +0000

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By: Suzanne Wells

Suzanne Wells — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:29:34 +0000

#2 is where we are losing the young people today! A respectful work ethic is what will take you places in life. Waiting for good things wil just leave you waiting!

I live my life by #8. And I don't call them failures, but learning opportunities. When something doesn't work, that just means you must change direction in some way and move on to another idea. It took Edison 10,000 tries (or something like that) to get the light bulb to work. That says something about his persistence and determination.

By: amnigos

amnigos — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:29:02 +0000

I really liked this post very much , pretty close to my current state of life , failed in a startup , failed in relationship etc but life is about how you handle your failures to pay way for success and it happens when you have perseverance.

By: The Success Professor

The Success Professor — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:46:25 +0000

Good article.

I wonder though about #4. “Live fearlessly” certainly is a valuable success principle, however the example of not taking a security detail to the theater is not – it is just foolish. Having a security detail was not going to take away from his enjoyment of the performance, nor was it going to limit his effectiveness in any way. Live fearlessly, but wisely.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:43:57 +0000

Great post, but you state,

"Many times entrepreneurs look to find the quickest way to make a buck. This kind of success only happens 99.9% of the time. It takes working hard at something for a long time before you start to see success."

Did you mean to state that "this kind of success only happens 99.9% of the time" ? ..or should it be that this kind of success FAILS 99.9% of the time??