How to Think and Act Big

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The Houston Astros won the World Series last week and that stinks. Mattress Mac very publicly bet $10 million at the beginning of the season that the Astros would win the World Series at 7.5 to 1 odds. The rest of the work the founders did, the normal daily stuff, was mostly a waste of time. Tapping water won't allow you to make real differentiated progress. Today, we're going to teach you how to think and act big.

Most entrepreneurs spend the majority of their time doing things that, even if they work, won't make a meaningful difference. Our default state is reactive, iterative work. To be a successful founder, you need to do things with the potential for asymmetric upside. Today, we talk about how to identify and incorporate tasks each day that - if they work - will fundamentally change your business. Today, we teach you how to think big.