Something You Should Know about Achieving Goals

November 7, 2011

Interview with Darren Hardy, author of the book The Compound Effect

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Mike Carruthers:
What does it take to be successful? Some would lead you to believe that success is very easy.

Darren Hardy:
You know we’re constantly bombarded with increasingly sensational claims: to get rich, get fit, get younger, get sexier all overnight with very little effort for 3 payments of $39.95. And I think these repetitive marketing messages have distorted our sense of what it really takes to succeed.
 

October 26, 2011

Interview with John Tierney, author of the book Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

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Mike Carruthers:
If you want to have strong self-control and willpower don’t ask too much of it.

John Tierney:
The people that have the best self-control are the people who have structured their lives so that they’re not exercising it all day long. They realize that it’s this finite resource that it gets depleted. 
 

October 12, 2011

Interview with Jonathan Fields, author of the book Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance

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Mike Carruthers:
In the desire to get more done multi-tasking has become the norm.

Jonathan Fields:
What’s the old saying, “If you want to get something done give it to a busy person.” What the modern brain research shows us is that in fact multi-tasking is a complete myth – our brain doesn’t function that way.
 

October 13, 2011

Interview with Jonathan Fields, author of the book Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance

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Mike Carruthers:
In the minds of many being productive and doing great work means working hard, nose to the grindstone – but that’s only part of the process.

Jonathan Fields:
The really big insights and ideas usually come when we work really hard and then we step away.