Entrepreneurship isn't just for entrepreneurs anymore. In a fast-moving, dynamic (read: insecure) world, everyone needs to learn how to assess problems, come up with original solutions, and rapidly adapt to change -- not just those who dream of starting their own businesses. Which sounds a little daunting, but Sara Blakely, the billionaire founder of Spanx, believes thinking like an entrepreneur isn't as difficult (or exclusive) as it first appears. In a recent Big Think video , she lays out the case for absolutely everyone adopting a little bit of the entrepreneurial mindset , and also a offers a few dead-simple tricks to help you learn to think like a founder. What does it mean to think like an entrepreneur? (And why should you bother?) "As an entrepreneur, I'm such an advocate for everyone to think like an entrepreneur," Blakely says, kicking off her talk. "Whether you want to start your own business or not, it's incredibly helpful, no matter what." … [Read more...] about Billionaire Spanx Founder Sara Blakely: These 2 Questions Will Help You Think Like an Entrepreneur
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Singapore regulator praises leaders of crypto firms like Binance
- A + A (June 25): Just days after saying Singapore is “brutal and unrelentingly hard” on bad behaviour in the crypto industry, Sopnendu Mohanty, the chief fintech officer of the city’s regulator, struck a cordial tone. Mohanty, in a LinkedIn post summarising his thoughts from the Point Zero Forum in Switzerland, commended the leadership of some of the biggest firms in the sector. “Leaders from the crypto/token space (Binance, Crypto.com, Ripple and others) are fully committed to building a secure and sustainable innovation solving real problems, and identifying real-economy opportunities,” said Mohanty of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). “It is heartening to see the clarity among chief executive officers (CEOs) on the need to create a responsible and compliant industry. The future is on the right path.” Mohanty’s praise comes as the digital currency market continues to spiral downwards following a broad-based sell-off in digital assets and the collapse … [Read more...] about Singapore regulator praises leaders of crypto firms like Binance
7 Powerful Secrets of Thinking Like an Entrepreneur
There's something special about successful entrepreneurs--they have a way of thinking and acting that is different than most people. The good news is that anyone can learn to think like an entrepreneur, and to put these powerful secrets to work in their own lives, no matter what they do. In his book, Shift Your Thinking: Win Where You Stand, entrepreneur and author Clifton Taulbert explores exactly what it is that makes successful businesspeople successful. Says Taulbert, "When embraced, these strategies are designed to maximize your potential, starting where you stand, and to bring about the creativity, agility, flexibility, tenacity, and resolve needed to succeed wherever your personal, professional, and inventive journey takes you." 1. Choose your mind-set You're the one who decides the attitudes and assumptions you will carry with you through your life, and you're the one who can change them. If your mind-set--and the work you're doing--isn't taking … [Read more...] about 7 Powerful Secrets of Thinking Like an Entrepreneur
Tuba Club, South Of France’s Coolest Spot, Gets Hot New Resident Chefs
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin “Keep on going straight down until you can’t go on anymore. You'll reach a very small village; it’s like it’s the last village before you reach the end of the world. The land just stops. And then it’s just sea,” says Pierre, the taxi driver who picked me up from Marseille train station. As we zip along the craggy coastline south of France's second largest city, he tells me a little bit about Les Goudes, where I am headed, which is a district of Marseille tucked in the Calanques National Park, a huge rocky stretch scattered with coves that extends 200 square miles along the sea. We stop before Les Goudes village in front of a small glass door with pastel pink lettering indicating I’ve reached Tuba Club , the restaurant with rooms that's become a go-to for well-heeled travelers since it opened in summer 2020. The small clapboard building is combed with a corrugated roof like icing on a cake. Inside, there's a beachy fresco by … [Read more...] about Tuba Club, South Of France’s Coolest Spot, Gets Hot New Resident Chefs
Lane Kiffin Rocks A Goatee In Incredible Throwback Photo
Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin used to have an epic goatee. Saturday Down South tweeted out a bunch of photos of SEC football coaches from their playing days, and Kiffin looks like he was absolute trouble at Fresno State. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football) Take a look at Kiffin in the photo lineup below. He is the second guy on the lower level. SEC Coaches as Players. #tbt ???????? pic.twitter.com/3jMPjy9Y6s — Saturday Down South (@SDS) July 23, 2020 I have a feeling Kiffin was a hit with the ladies while slinging passes for Fresno State. Call me crazy, but I just have a solid feeling. Anyone who has the confidence to rock a goatee tends to be a problem with the gentler sex. I would love to drink beer with Lane Kiffin right now when he’s the head coach of Ole Miss. I’d be even more pumped to drink beer with the 21-year-old college version of Lane Kiffin. That’s the kind of guy I … [Read more...] about Lane Kiffin Rocks A Goatee In Incredible Throwback Photo
Watch The Latest Preview For ‘The Terminal List’ With Chris Pratt
“The Terminal List” looks like it’s going to be incredible. The upcoming Amazon series drops July 1, and Chris Pratt will play James Reece, who is a Navy SEAL on the hunt for revenge. The series is based on the incredibly popular and well done book of the same name from Jack Carr. (RELATED: Watch The Sinister New Trailer For ‘The Terminal List’ With Chris Pratt) Chris Pratt’s New Action Series Looks Like The Best Show Of 2022 https://t.co/VeYyMXHrTY — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 15, 2022 Amazon recently dropped another look at the series, and I can promise you the newest preview is a shot of adrenaline straight to the heart. Fire it up below! Someone knows what happened to me. #TheTerminalList pic.twitter.com/tPimgzaR6Y — The Terminal List (@TerminalListPV) June 21, 2022 How awesome does this series look? Seriously, how unbelievably badass does “The Terminal List” look? To me, it looks like it’s going to be an epic ride, and Carr already … [Read more...] about Watch The Latest Preview For ‘The Terminal List’ With Chris Pratt
Friday Box Office: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Tops $500 Million, ‘Lightyear’ Plunges 74%
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Even if Top Gun: Maverick ends up just below Elvis atop the domestic box office in its fifth weekend, it won’t be for a lack of trying. Paramount and Skydance’s $170 million action drama earned another $8.25 million on its fifth Friday, dropping 26% from last Friday for a new $499.472 million domestic cume. Tom Cruise’s legacy sequel is passing $500 million domestic by the end of this sentence. It’s looking like a $30.1 million fifth-weekend gross for the Joseph Kosinski-directed flick, which would be A) a drop of just 33% and B) the second or third-biggest fifth-weekend gross alongside Titanic ($30.1 million) and Avatar ($42 million). That brings its domestic cume to $521 million by Sunday night. Presuming a continued 53/47 domestic/overseas split and a thus-far solid opening weekend in South Korea, Top Gun: Maverick should end tomorrow night just over/under the $1 billion mark in global grosses. Among domestic … [Read more...] about Friday Box Office: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Tops $500 Million, ‘Lightyear’ Plunges 74%
Tiger and goat forge unlikely friendship in Russian zoo
MOSCOW — A goat sent to a Russian safari park as live prey for a Siberian tiger has instead befriended the big cat and the two have become inseparable in a story that has captivated Russians. Amur the tiger and Timur the goat now sleep in the same enclosure in the Primorsky safari park outside the Pacific port city of Vladivostok, and the pair eat and play together in the snow and this week even head-butted each other for fun. The story of the unusual friendship has touched hearts in Russia with the safari park releasing regular updates on the pair and planning to install webcams in their enclosure. Staff at the park say the male tiger, who has been given live animals to hunt and eat twice a week for three years, did not touch the billy goat when it entered the enclosure last month because the goat did not show any fear. “No one had taught the goat to be afraid of tigers,” the park said in a statement. Zoo chief Dmitry Mezentsev, who studies tigers and leopards, described the … [Read more...] about Tiger and goat forge unlikely friendship in Russian zoo
Wall Street rallies as traders dial back rate-hike bets
Wall Street's main indexes rose over 1% on Friday as signs of slowing economic growth and falling commodity prices tempered expectations over how high the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates to rein in inflation. Global financial markets have been roiled this month on worries that rapid rate hikes by major central banks could cause a recession, with the benchmark S&P 500 (.SPX) confirming a bear market last week as it recorded a 20% drop from its January closing peak. The three main indexes on Friday looked set to notch their first weekly gain in four, boosted by megacap growth stocks and defensive sectors such as healthcare and utilities seen as safer bets during times of economic uncertainty. "Conversations about the U.S. economy likely slowing which could lessen the hawkishness of the Fed, combined with lower commodity prices and bond yields - these are reasons investors are mentioning to justify why we could experience a near-term bounce," said Sam Stovall, … [Read more...] about Wall Street rallies as traders dial back rate-hike bets
Friday Box Office: ‘Elvis’ Tops With $13 Million, ‘Black Phone’ Grabs $10 Million
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis topped the domestic box office on Friday with a solid $12.7 million. That includes $3.7 million in Thursday (and week-of) previews. If the film plays over the weekend like Dexter Fletcher’s Rocketman (which opened with $25.7 million from a $9.17 million Friday in June of 2019), then the $85 million rock biopic earns an impressive $35 million in its Fri-Sun debut. That may be optimistic since the Paramount-released, crowd-pleasing Elton John flick was R-rated. However, Taron Egerton’s Rocketman was also an hour shorter than Warner Bros. Discovery’s Austin Butler and Tom Hanks-starring 160-minute epic. With strong reviews and solid buzz, I’d expect the Austin Butler/Tom Hanks flick with around $30 million and duking it out with Top Gun: Maverick for the weekend crown. One year ago, we were all mourning the $11.8 million opening weekend of In the Heights (and celebrating the $70 million opening … [Read more...] about Friday Box Office: ‘Elvis’ Tops With $13 Million, ‘Black Phone’ Grabs $10 Million