LORA Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is a knowledge curation academy that seeks to empower entrepreneurs and thought leaders. It is not enough to be aware of the environment you are living and working in, you need to understand it. Noticing things and being curious about how they work is the single most common trait…
In our land of opportunities and distractions, it is hard to devote our attention to the quiet pleasures of focusing on one thing. It is as if we live our lives in a noisy restaurant and can't have the intimate conversation we most yearn for. The perfect client, perfect opportunity, and perfect circumstances will almost…
Television probably ruins more minds than drugs. TV is an escape. An escape from being responsible, from the world, from creativity and into the arms of fear. It is easy to fall in and keep tumbling down that hill, watch the next show and the next and the next and get some laughs in and…
A group of school children were asked to list what they thought were the present Seven Wonders Of The World. Though there were some disagreements, the following received the most votes: Egypt's Great Pyramids Taj Mahal Grand Canyon Panama Canal Empire State Building St. Peter's Basilica Great Wall of China While gathering the votes, the…
Thinking is good, yes it is. I strongly encourage thinking. In fact, thinking plays an important role in success. It helps you strategize. It helps you get motivated. It tunes you into success. I am all for thinking and I do it regularly. That being said, just thinking, no matter how good of a thinker…
When you have five minutes of down-time, how do you spend that time? Most people use it as an excuse to rest or laze. By lazing for 5 five minute breaks each day, we waste 25 minutes daily. That is 9,125 minutes per year (25 X 365). Sadly, my guess is we are wasting far…
If we define work of art as something that you do that connects to the soul of recipient, then we are all artists. Do you want a car, or do you want a mode of transport that connects and defines who you are? Do you want to read a book or do you want to…
This is difficult lesson I learned. I believe every decision has opportunity cost. When you choose one thing, you simultaneously don’t choose several others. Elon Musk is know to drive his team to work 60+ hours per week. Often that decision comes at the expense of spending quality family time. Your career succeed, but your family…
Competition is extremely costly to maximum product reach and wealth creation. It becomes a battle of who can slightly out-do the other for cheaper and cheaper. It is a race to the bottom for all parties involved. Instead of trying to compete with other people or businesses, it is better to do something completely…
It is easy when you achieve any level of success to believe you are solely responsible for that success. It is easy to forget where you came from. It is easy to forget all the sacrifices other people have made to get you where you are. It is easy to see yourself as superior to…
Takers say: What will I gain by attending? What will I benefit by sharing my views and knowledge? What recognition will I receive by using my talent? Givers say: How does my talent help bless others? In what way will I be able to serve others on a mission? How will my honest views and…
Human beings are holistic, when you change a part of any system you simultaneously change the whole. You can’t change a part without fundamentally changing everything. When one area of your life is out of alignment, every area of your life suffers. You can’t compartmentalise a working system. Although it is easy to push certain areas, like…
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