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CHAPTER EIGHT

ITERATION AND INNOVATIONARE PERSONAL

If you were a product, how would you iterate yourself to be more innovative? Seriously, what simple “iterative” changes would you make to yourself so that you had the potential to be more innovative? Most people never look at themselves this way. Similarly, most people think that in order to be wildly successful in their career, they need to hit the proverbial “home run” all the time. That’s almost statistically impossible.

In this chapter, let me give you a better approach to embracing iteration and innovation in your personal life; then you can use that mindset, knowledge, and perspective to create some real impact in your professional career, too.

THE SIMPLICITY OF ITERATION

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