2000 Books for Ambitious Entrepreneurs - Author Interviews and Book Summaries

1) Why and how you must commit to killing the ordinary approach in your life in order to become extraordinary? 2) What do we need to do in order to build an extraordinary life? 3) How can we build our risk threshold so that we can go after our biggest dreams? 4) Why we must GIVE now - and not wait till we have enough money/success - in order to grow our own life. Download the FREE 4 Disciplines of Execution guide by Texting the word SUMMARY to 44222 or going to www.2000books.com/summary

5 keys to Super Productivity: - The paradox of having complete control v/s playing a big game in life. - Why we need to build an external brain and how can we do that. - The paradox that the more something is on your mind, the less it is actually happening - Why There are no problems - only projects. If you haven’t labeled the problem as a project, you are a victim of the situation - Why we don’t need more time. We just need more mental space

The 4 step process that every entrepreneur must go through in order to take ideas from conception to reality. Dr Tina Seelig is the director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), the entrepreneurship center at Stanford University's School of Engineering. She teaches courses on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship at Stanford. Dr. Seelig earned a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Stanford University School of Medical where she studied neuroplasticity. She has written 17 books and educational games. We had Tina on the show on Episode 27 and we talked about her book: “What I wish I knew when I was 20: A crash course on making your place in the world”. If you haven’t heard that episode you should definitely check it out as we talk about the one key difference between those who succeed in entrepreneurial ventures and those who don’t.

- How to make your business a cash generating machine rather than a cash eating monster? - Parkinson’s law - The idea that When a resource is made available, we consume it all. And it is the same with our own money - Why it is much easier to lose weight if we start using a smaller dinner plate and how we need to treat our money the same way? - Why logic does not work when it comes to money and what to do about it?

Why most businesses never get to the $1 million revenue mark and what to do about it The most important people metric you need to monitor when in early phase of your entrepreneurial journey The most important thing to own in your customer’s mind How to pulse faster in order to execute faster   Schedule a call with me here: http://www.2000books.com/discuss Get a free Audiobook with Audible: http://www.2000books.com/free  

1) 3 Key Mindsets of Essentialism 2) The common element between Warren Buffett, Mahatma Gandhi and Southwest Airlines 3) Why we must embrace tradeoffs rather than assume they are a necessary evil 4) Why most successful people do not break through to the next level

How to Unlock the Power of Incentives to Get Things Done: - How commitments can be used to fortify our willpower - How we can use our social network to get the very best out of ourselves - Hyperbolic Discounting - Why our Inner Homer Simpson wins out over our Inner Spock and what to do about it - What are the best kinds of tasks/goals that we should use commitments for?

In Art of People Interview we discuss: -Mirroring -Validate their feelings - Paradox of persuasion - Paradox of Interested vs Interesting -Create your own advisory board

Tina Seelig - the director of Stanford Technology Ventures Program teaches us the most important difference between those who succeed in their entrepreneurial ventures and those who don’t. Some of the ideas discussed: - Why we need to be Missionaries not mercenaries in our Entrepreneurial ventures - For successful people: Bottom is lined with rubber not concrete - Don’t wait for permission from the world - Give yourself Permission to go change the world - Confidence-Passion Matrix

We have 3 intangibles that we can give away freely - And these stockpiles actually grow as we give them away and help us move forward in our business. What are they? Let's explore in this interview with Tim Sanders on "Love is the Killer App"