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Have you had your Shawshank moment yet?
Everybody loves the movie, The Shawshank Redemption. The protagonist, Andy Dufresne, played by Tim Robbins, has a problem. A BIG problem. He’s an innocent man who’s …
Experiencing self-doubt?
You know what the best thing about being an entrepreneur is? That you never have to experience self-doubt, the way people with normal day jobs …
Word of Mouth
Bill Bernbach famously said, “the best advertising is word-of-mouth”, and this was from the best advertising creative guru in the country at the time. Word-of-mouth …
A different kind of empowerment
Empowerment is one of those many flavored words. You can put an identity in front of the word and it can take on rich nuance …
A shared sense of purpose
When you look back on the business you’ve created, what will be the thing you’ll be proudest of? It won’t be the money. After a certain …
Does tech liberate or enslave us?
Like everybody else ‘round here, you probably spend far too much time in front of a screen. At first, it freed us. Then later, it …
CULTURE CULTURE CULTURE
So you’ve probably wondered recently, why is the idea of company culture suddenly such a big deal in management circles? Why does HBR keep going on …
Welcome to the hustle
So, if young adults no longer have the kind of money to support a life of conspicuous consumption our generation did, what takes its place? …
Accept the pain and do it anyway
And what is an artist, anyway? The self-congratulating slacker who looks the part holding a paintbrush? Or the entrepreneur who put his butt on the …
Eight Behaviors for self-management
The better the boss, the less she has to act like one. No, it doesn’t just happen on autopilot. The better the boss, the more …
great ideas have lonely childhoods
It’s pretty safe to say, that when you finally come up with your million-dollar idea, nobody is going to understand it at first. They many …
It all begins with culture
Google has an amazing culture. Which allows it to do amazing things. Ditto Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Amazon. Amazing culture. Amazing results. You can’t separate the …
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