Paul Pfanner’s Way

My friend Paul Pfanner is one of my favorite entrepreneurs. In many aspects of business (and life) he’s gone twice, in some cases reversing decisions he made after he learned more — perhaps about himself. For example, he rebought the company he once sold. He even went one better than that: he remarried his wife.

Paul is a fantastic communicator (in words and illustrations), which means that I’ve been lucky enough to learn from him over the last few decades. He recently posted these five learnings to his personal page and since I don’t want them to be lost to the temporary nature of a social media server, I am republishing them here (without his permission, citing No. 3 below).

1. All you really have is now. Use it or lose it.

2. The choices you make matter. The most important choice is to believe in yourself and have a dream that drives you forward.

3. Try impossible things — you’ll learn and accomplish far more than if you play it safe.

4. Embrace change by driving it, rather than resisting it.

5. Life works with commitment; it doesn’t work without it.

Thank you Paul.