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Good ideas have lonely childhoods 2017
This illustration has the opposite thesis to my first book, “Ignore Everybody”. That is, once you’ve come up with your big idea, don’t expect your friends …
Count your blessings
Counting one’s blessings is a good thing. Not only do the gods smile upon it, it turns out that it’ll make you tangibly happier in the …
Check yourself before you wreck yourself
Any fool can be mean, or pushy, or selfish, or any of the seven deadly sins, really. What’s REALLY hard is keeping oneself in check. …
How To Out-Care Your Competition
My Canadian buddy, Jeph Maystruck had an excellent talk I was privileged enough to hear two years ago, “How To Out-Care Your Competition”. His thesis was simple; your …
What would George Orwell say about your Facebook addiction?
“Like many unemployed men he spent too much time reading newspapers”. George Orwell made that observation about somebody back in the 1930s, though he could’ve …
You’ll go ape over your 2017 faves!
There’s a rather common idea that they way companies get ahead is by hard-nose capitalism, crushing everything in their path like an angry gorilla. Whereas actually, the …
Always give value first
Our buddy J.P. Rangaswami has a great maxim: “Never ask for anything until you’ve offered value first.” Exactly. And yes, “value” is a subjective call, but it’s also like …
How To Think Like Elon Musk
Understand that your human brain is wired to mimic others’ behaviors. Through cognizance at all times, you can catch yourself, and rewire for effectiveness. If you do …
The Magic Isn’t In The Hours
The most frustrating feedback to receive is the vague “Push yourself.” Because when you’re working the longest hours you can, when you dream about deadlines and …
Face the inevitable and learn
The trouble with avoiding mistakes is that you don’t learn anything. Which makes you even more likely to make mistakes… especially the big ones. Now, …
Will you be outsourced or automated
I’ve been listening to a lot of Future of Work experts over the last two decades. A lot of it, frankly, is buzzword salad. …
Are you a Minder, Grinder or Finder?
There’s a pretty flat hierarchy in the legal world, so an mnemonic was designed to informally signal the ranks. There are minders, there are grinders and …
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