14 Life Lessons I Learned During the Year of COVID
14 Life Lessons that I learned during the year of COVID. In some ways, this was a year like no other, and in other ways, it was the same.
Why Follow Your Passion is Lousy Advice
Follow your passion is not lousy advice because no one should. It’s lousy advice because it can easily be used as an excuse.
How to do Marketing Right: Three Things Pizza, Wine, and Vinyl LPs Taught Me
By learning about how to do marketing right, I learned quite a bit about myself, and in some ways, I’m not at all who I thought I was.
How to Know When to Say Yes or No
The Science of Saying Yes and the Art of Saying No You and I have a yes/no problem. Specifically, we're not saying one of them enough, or to the right thing, or at the right time. This group over here says we're supposed to say "Yes" more. Saying yes boosts our...
Time To Learn How To Listen
Dear Younger Me, You weren't a good listener. Oh sure, on the surface you were. You developed skills as an active listener and you learned the finer points of conversation etiquette. But all in the context of getting what you want, making your viewpoint known, and...
Stop Being a Starter and Start Being a Finisher
Dear younger me, Stop being a starter and start being a finisher. Although starting is an important step, it will con you into never making an impact. Once you become a finisher, then you can become someone who finishes well. And that's how you will ultimately make...
How to Avoid Distractions When Working From Home
It's not about self-discipline. If it was, I'd have no hope. I'm not a Navy Seal nor a Buddhist monk. I'm not disciplined enough. If I'm not on my game, I'm like Dug the dog in the movie Up. There are squirrels all over the place, and I can't stop chasing them. Next...
An Optimistic View of a New Normal for Community
I have never been accused of being an optimist (just ask my family), but right now I'm more optimistic than ever about the future of the global community. The current COVID-19 crisis has given us a first-ever prototype in the history of our species and planet. We are...
How to Keep Your Remote Team Productive and Happy
This is quite an unprecedented time we've been thrust into. Over the last several weeks and months, a large subset of the global workforce has moved from the traditional office environment to the work-from-home remote environment. It's happened quickly, and in many...
Why a Season of Solitude Might Be Exactly What You Need
Solitude has been used as a punishment since the dawn of recorded history. What's the highest level of punishment levied in ancient civilizations? Banishment...solitude. What's the highest level of punishment levied by organized religion? Excommunication...solitude....
