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Memories Are Meaning
Every country has their version of Memorial Day. The idea is that we honor those who came before us. We see leaders who are driven …
Do you want to have it all?
In many production and services businesses, there’s the old saying, “Cheap. Fast. Good. Pick two.” And in yuppie circles, there’s a similar saying: “Friends. Career. …
Do you want to be part of something larger?
Sure, people like their autonomy, they like not being micromanaged, they like being left alone to get on with their work. However, for all that …
What Mortality Does To The Mind.
“Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” -Samuel Johnson This article …
Be Careful What You Wish For
We’ve been watching the Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes train wreck with great interest. Most entrepreneurs are happy to claim that they’ll do “whatever it takes” to …
What makes life worth living?
It’s great being alive, isn’t it? There’s just one problem. The problem being, you don’t get it for free. You pay to be alive. In …
Why the messenger gets shot
We’ve got some bad (or at least, bad-ish) news in the human behavior department: Apparently, you can say “don’t shoot the messenger” all you want, …
Make Your Meetings A Safe Space For Honest Conversation
Here’s a novel idea: that “safety” and “productivity” are interrelated. I.e. the less psychologically stressed people feel in a meeting, the easier it will …
Seeing The World Anew
The advertising business is notorious for only hiring young people. To have a job in the creative department over the age of fifty is …
The one thing best performers always do
The thing about reaching the summit is that you never stay there very long. When they get to the top of Everest, the usual …
How to leverage the laws of nature to build better outcomes.
Competition, against ourselves or against others, is what gets the best results from us. But so does collaboration. How does that work? Let’s reframe the …
You really do need to pick yourself
“Pick Yourself” is another of our favorite blog posts from our friend, Seth Godin. “It’s a cultural instinct to wait to get picked. To seek out …
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