Comments on: When to Burn the Boats http://www.thebridgemaker.com/when-to-burn-the-boats/ A blog about faith, inspiration and stories of personal change. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:43:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Sam http://www.thebridgemaker.com/when-to-burn-the-boats/comment-page-1/#comment-7203 Sam Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:29:58 +0000 http://www.thebridgemaker.com/?p=2031#comment-7203 Thank Alex for sharing this wonderful article. Well advised. One must be able to know him/her self...how capable of he/she is to endure hardships and obstacles that comes in his/her way. I mean one must know his/her level of tolerance...that all can be learnt and raised by trial and error excercise but once you succeed to attain your extreme degree of endurance, you will stand out with all your confidence to overcome any situation you might be in. so the point is, when You know yourself, you know when to take step and how to cope up with things that mingle in. You wont be asking The time to burn your boat...Because you know. Thank Alex for sharing this wonderful article. Well advised.

One must be able to know him/her self…how capable of he/she is to endure hardships and obstacles that comes in his/her way. I mean one must know his/her level of tolerance…that all can be learnt and raised by trial and error excercise but once you succeed to attain your extreme degree of endurance, you will stand out with all your confidence to overcome any situation you might be in. so the point is, when You know yourself, you know when to take step and how to cope up with things that mingle in. You wont be asking The time to burn your boat…Because you know.

]]> By: Make No Little Plans – Defining the Scalable Startup « Steve Blank http://www.thebridgemaker.com/when-to-burn-the-boats/comment-page-1/#comment-6330 Make No Little Plans – Defining the Scalable Startup « Steve Blank Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:03:28 +0000 http://www.thebridgemaker.com/?p=2031#comment-6330 [...] were aligned with the founders. For the entire team, turning down the Google deal was equivalent to burning the boats on the shore. (One founder quit and joined Google.) After that, there was no doubt to existing employees and new [...] [...] were aligned with the founders. For the entire team, turning down the Google deal was equivalent to burning the boats on the shore. (One founder quit and joined Google.) After that, there was no doubt to existing employees and new [...]

]]> By: Calet http://www.thebridgemaker.com/when-to-burn-the-boats/comment-page-1/#comment-5957 Calet Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:16:47 +0000 http://www.thebridgemaker.com/?p=2031#comment-5957 Alex Blackwell: Thank you. It does make sense, and now I'm able to understand that expression, and ready to use it as well. Thank you, again. Alex Blackwell: Thank you. It does make sense, and now I’m able to understand that expression, and ready to use it as well. Thank you, again.

]]> By: Alex Blackwell http://www.thebridgemaker.com/when-to-burn-the-boats/comment-page-1/#comment-5954 Alex Blackwell Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:25:58 +0000 http://www.thebridgemaker.com/?p=2031#comment-5954 @ Calet: The expression "to burn a bridge" means to take an action you may regret and will not be able to take back. For example, if you leave a job and on your way out the door you tell your boss that you do not care for him or her. The problem is if your next job does not work out, you will not be able to go back to your old job because you "burned a bridge" with you parting remarks. Make sense? @ Calet: The expression “to burn a bridge” means to take an action you may regret and will not be able to take back. For example, if you leave a job and on your way out the door you tell your boss that you do not care for him or her. The problem is if your next job does not work out, you will not be able to go back to your old job because you “burned a bridge” with you parting remarks. Make sense?

]]> By: Calet http://www.thebridgemaker.com/when-to-burn-the-boats/comment-page-1/#comment-5949 Calet Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:17:28 +0000 http://www.thebridgemaker.com/?p=2031#comment-5949 I'd like to know what the expression "Burnt a bridge" means, is it the same as "Burn the boat"?, is about taking some risks?, to dare to do something?. i hope someone may answer this, sorry if you thing it should be easy to understand, is just that English is not my birth language... I’d like to know what the expression “Burnt a bridge” means, is it the same as “Burn the boat”?, is about taking some risks?, to dare to do something?. i hope someone may answer this, sorry if you thing it should be easy to understand, is just that English is not my birth language…

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