Pound the Stone Discussion
Small Group
- What did you think of the book?
- What parts did you like or not like?
- How would you summarize the lesson of “Pound the Stone”
- What does “Pounding the Stone” look like when building a business?
- Why do you think we’d assign this book, which was written for athletes, to an entrepreneurship
class?
Large Group
- Would you have gone and sold books that summer?
- What would have been your sales tactic when you just started?
- Do you think of not trying to get the big sales but the consistent sales?
- Are there any of Russ’s lessons that you disagreed with?
- Would you have gone back the fourth year?
- How does someone develop Grit?
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What was the lesson you most want to remember from the book? Why?
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What could you do to pound the stone this summer?
o Identify a goal.
o Turn it in to a skill or craft.
o What could be your simple drill?