Do you ever wonder what you’re most incredible self is truly capable of, if you were giving half the chance? What you could do, build, achieve, design how you could thrive or shine, if only there was a way!
Well if this sounds even remotely like you (and this means pretty-much all of us) then do we have the show for you!
Today we’ll be talking with Bernie Roth, cofounder of the Stanford D. School, one of the world’s pioneers in robotics, and the primary developer of the concept of the Creativity Workshop. He’s one of the most empowering people you’ll ever meet, and he’s also the best-selling author of one of my NEW favorite books on achieving your dreams, called, The Achievement Habit
Well today we’ll talk about moving past the what if’s and the if onlys…SO you can stop wishing and start doing, and take command of your life to achieve goals you once never thought possible.
That, plus we’ll discuss the power of crap-ups and why streaking may be the greatest thing in the world!
Questions and Topics Include:

What is the D School at Stanford?
What is the Achievement Habit?

Getting the best out of what you have
People feel better and accomplish things

One group saved 75,000 kids


Help people own their projects, so they’re only pass/fail, do, or not do…
Changing Yoda – There is no Try only Do

Do = Power vs. Try = Force
If really want to get something done, you’re not trying you’re doing
If you want to try you’re efforting, but if you do, it’s often less effort than the trying.
Example he uses: try and pull a water-bottle from my handle


How to go from Trying to Doing and why Reasons are Bullshit

Excuses get in the way of doing
Needing a reason to be reasonable
Keep calling yourself on your excuses!


The GOOOOOOOD exercise

An exercise to point out the BS


Paying attention to the opposites

Why the opposite of what is said may be the truth


How do we get unstuck or go to a higher level

Discusses meeting with Microsoft
If you solve the wrong problem it’s not going to help you.
To get unstuck figure out what the real problem is.
Students went to Myanmar to help farmers pump water, but turns out it was the “wrong” problem, the “right” problem was a need for light and how much of the farmer’s income was coming from burning extremely unhealthy and expenisve kerosene lanterns and candles


How to change your self-image to a doer and an achiever

First, you give everything in life it’s meaning
Achiever in Google Who felt inadequate – have to get past it

Do this by doing something one step at a time
Get yourself a goal and do it, don’t try to do it, do-it.








Avoid the idea of pipe-dreams.

But if really want to do something, need the intention to do it, and the attention to get it done (Intention Followed by Attention)




Friend (Harold) who loved Russian Cossack Uniforms

Became an example of doing, rather than trying


Have to commit or it may not happen


Difference between trying and affirmations

Affirmations are funny

Two kinds of Affirmations

Bernie is the handsomest man – the affirmations you don’t quite believe, but people believe the negative stuff about them


Need to get the world to give you the signal

Get this by doing and succeeding


The Gift of Failure & The Bias Toward Action

Don’t sit around thinking about making a move, when you get an idea, make a move!
For example, if you want to ask someone for a date, don’t sit around wondering for 3 months, but ask her for a date.

May work, or may not, but will get to the end and find some success much sooner than sitting around wondering about it.


Michael: The Million Dollar Demo
Has a class called Launch Pad – You do what the design thinking methodology helps you do. Have to make income w/in 10 weeks.
Students from India came in with an ipad ap idea.
Turned into an incredibly successful idea – a 90 million dollar idea!!!
Human nature don’t want to do it until perfect
It’s okay to make a mistake, it’s a fantastic way to learn.
How we used Design Thinking to