Lindbergh's flight was so dramatic that it changed how the world thought about flight. He made it popular with consumers and investors. We can draw a… - Peter Diamandis

Once we start believing that the apocalypse is coming, the amygdala goes on high alert, filtering out most anything that says otherwise. Whatever information the amygdala doesn't catch, our confirmation bias — which is now biased toward confirming our eminent destruction — certainly does. Taken in total, the result is a population convinced that the end is near and there's not a damn thing to do about it.

Measurement is the key to progress. Identify key metrics, measure & share w/your team. They will want to improve performance & find out how their actions change the outcome.

This last question may seem innocuous, but think about it this way: In 2006, retail was booming. Sears was worth $14.3 billion, Target $38.2 billion, and Walmart a whopping $158 billion. Meanwhile, an upstart retailer named Amazon was at $17.5 billion. Now fast-forward a decade. What's changed? Hard times hit Main Street. By 2017, Sears had lost 94 percent of its value, ending the decade worth $0.9 billion, before promptly going out of business. Target did better, finishing up at $55 billion. Walmart did the best, going up to $243.9 billion. But Amazon? The Everything Store closed out the era worth $700 billion (today $800 billion). And it's a fairly safe bet that your life changed as a result.