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In explaining success, some people are quick to assert that “It’s all in who you know.” But how many act on that observation to get to know more people?

Relatively few, I believe. More often, this statement serves merely as an excuse to explain why the speaker hasn’t accomplished more.

Many people would like to start their own businesses and prosper. Unfortunately, few people are properly prepared to succeed as entrepreneurs. Before starting a new business, gaining any practical knowledge they lack, learning what would pay off in producing better growth, profits, and cash flow, would help new leaders to succeed.

More people are limited by their beliefs than by the realities of the opportunities. Here are two questions to help you check on your beliefs:

1. Do you believe that only those with advanced degrees can gain and succeed in senior management positions at top-performing companies?

From error to error, one discovers the truth.

–Sigmund Freud

When I started the project to find how to make 400 years worth of normal improvements in only 20 years (the 400 Year Project), I had no idea where to start.

In planning their businesses and careers, many people make the mistake of believing that the future will be almost exactly like the past. Applying 20-20 hindsight, they carefully prepare to avoid repeating mistakes that others have made.

Unfortunately, optimizing a solution to deal with past conditions often leaves them totally vulnerable when new conditions emerge.