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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 …
Get big, act small
A big company can only hope to act like a small company if it wants to keep growing. Agility and growth are not mutually exclusive. …
Don’t be a whiner
Hillary Clinton’s version on why she lost the election: the game had changed. It can happen to any single one of us. We play by the …
It’s A Joint Effort
How do you actually create an environment where everyone participates? One of the keys is creating a psychologically safe environment. Participation comes at a potential cost. …
Best is a privilege
We have this fantasy wherein we hire the most talented people and immediately have the best team. But that doesn’t take into account chemistry, the …
The long game
The thing about happiness is, well… Well, there’s a lot about happiness. But one thing’s for sure, you can’t buy it and you can’t bookmark it …
My job is to love my life
Mark Manson writes about passion. He writes about our expectations: that because we love doing something, we will always love doing that thing, every day for …
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