Reading Time: 2 minutes My father-in-law always tells me that “one day we’ll all work for Steve Bezos.” First I remind him that it’s ‘Jeff Bezos’, and then we have a rambling conversation…
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On Public Speaking.
Reading Time: 4 minutes “A fear of public speaking was found to be a more pressing concern than death, according to a ranking of society’s most pervasive fears. Only the loss of a…
Concentric Circles for Career Development
Reading Time: 2 minutesI was listening to a @SaaStr podcast episode with the CMO of Oracle CX Cloud Suite (@descahill) where he explained his thinking on career development- It was a helpful framework.…
Campfires, Wildfires, and Pots of Gold
Reading Time: 2 minutes Campfires, wildfires, and pots of gold are analogous to small problems (campfires), big problems (wildfires), and opportunities (pots of gold). In our daily lives, work and home, we are…
Drop the Story Line
Reading Time: < 1 minute As humans, we all experience the same thoughts and emotions at a basic and fundamental level. Hatred, lust, loathing, aversion, passion and others. We also tend to create our…
Stupid Games. Stupid Prizes.
Reading Time: < 1 minute I first heard the idea of ‘playing stupid games earns you stupid prizes’ from Naval Ravinkant (@naval) on his podcast. He didn’t originate the quote or idea, but it’s…
Measure of a Leader
Reading Time: < 1 minute There are many ways to measure success in business, and you can correlate outcomes to the leaders in place at a given time. In other words, leaders A, B…
On Strategy
Reading Time: 5 minutes I often hear people in business, at all levels, say they want to be more strategic or they want to ‘play a more strategic role’. Heck, I am one…
Yeah, I’m a mama’s boy. We all are. (Happy Mother’s Day!)
Reading Time: 3 minutesHappy Mother’s Day, Mom! Dedicating only one day of the year to moms seems silly when you think about how much you’ve given. I’ll start lobbying for ‘Mother’s Month’ or…
First and Second Darts: The darts we throw ourselves
Reading Time: 3 minutes Not too long ago I wrote a post called ‘How we make decisions: First-Order Consequences’ where I discussed our natural decision making process and the mistakes most of us…