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THE AGE OF SPEED – tightrope story
From time to time on the Brand Autopsy blog, I share "money quotes" from business books I've recently read. This “money quotes” presentation takes on a different angle. I’m sharing a condensed story on what tightrope walking can teach us about focus from Vince Poscente’s newest book -- THE AGE OF SPEED (Bard Press).
Learn more about Vince at: www.VincePoscente.com.
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- Slide 1: Tightropes. Focus. RESULTS. THE AGE OF SPEED source: Vince Poscente author: pages: 165-166
- Slide 2: The coach challenged us to walk from one end of a tightrope to the other as fast as we could without falling.
- Slide 3: One after the other, each of us stared across the tightrope, believing we could win. And one after the other, each of us failed.
- Slide 4: We’d hold out arms out to our sides, keep our eyes on the rope, and carefully place one foot in front of the other.
- Slide 5: We’d concentrate all our energy on going fast and not falling — but then we’d fall. Again. And again.
- Slide 6: Once we had accumula ted enough b ruising and hum iliation, the coach let us in on the se cret …
- Slide 7: To go fast, stop focusing on the rope, and START FOCUSING on the destination.
- Slide 8: One after another, we climbed to the starting point of the tightrope course and took a deep breath.
- Slide 9: We paused for a moment, and then looked up to find a focus point at the end of the course.
- Slide 10: We shifted our weight forward and started racing across the rope, never taking our eyes off the target.
- Slide 11: One after the other, we got across the tightrope without falling — and with great speed.
- Slide 12: Once the target was clear and we stayed focused on it, the path and the process were simple—we were balanced and fast.
- Slide 13: To thrive in the Age of Speed,
- Slide 14: ur do fin to end ed ne the e at w e… int rop po cus the fo of
- Slide 15: and never lose sight of it.
- Slide 16: for more … www.VincePoscente.com
