Reading Time: 2 minBlogging daily is tough. I just passed six months and I’m going strong, but it’ll end at some point. For now, though, here is how I make it happen. Lots of ideas The biggest challenge for me is coming up with ideas. Following the idea of “long periods of thinking, short periods of writing“, actually […]
Encouragement
Obscurity is still your biggest threat
Reading Time: 2 minThere’s an old quote from Tim O’Reilly that I really love, and it seems to be getting better with age. Tim simply said: Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy. While you can worry about people copying your content or stealing your ideas, your far bigger concern is having […]
It’s based on an idea of mine
Reading Time: < 1 minI was recently listening to an episode of “Smart Talks”, where Malcolm Gladwell was interviewing IBM’s Rob Thomas. Rob shared a very short but noteworthy story: There’s a rabbit and a beaver and they’re staring at the Hoover Dam. And the beaver says “I didn’t build it, but it’s based on an idea of mine”. […]
You don’t have to follow all of the rules
Reading Time: < 1 minI tend to be a rule-follower, for better or worse. It’s a common trait often attributed to first-born children, and it fits me pretty well. However, in the past few years I’ve found that avoiding some rules can be very helpful. EOS At GreenMellen, we largely follow the EOS (“Entrepreneurial Operating System”) method of running […]
Thoughts on taking the altMBA
Reading Time: 3 minI recently finished taking the altMBA, described as “an intensive, 4-week online workshop designed by Seth Godin for high-performing individuals who want to level up and lead.“ Intensive is a great word to use. Throughout the four weeks, you work through 13 separate writing prompts. They ask us not to reveal the nature of the […]
Don’t start tomorrow
Reading Time: < 1 minIf you’re thinking of starting a blog, or writing a book, or exercising, or anything else, a good time to start would be tomorrow. A better time to start would be today. In his book The War of Art, author Steven Pressfield says: We don’t tell ourselves, “I’m never going to write my symphony.” Instead […]
Your job is not to do the easy thing
Reading Time: < 1 minIf your job is doing something trivially easy, you’re in trouble. There is always someone willing to do that job for less money than you, and that job may just be replaced by a robot eventually. There’s a time in our life when flipping burgers for a summer might make sense, but that shouldn’t be […]
Seriously, start your own blog
Reading Time: < 1 minWhile I’d love to see some kind of open-source, distributed social network start up, nothing is on the immediate horizon. However, we already have the tools in place to mostly do it ourselves. Here’s some thoughts about how we could make a better social network by starting our own blogs.
Write of Passage, Start your Blog
Reading Time: < 1 minI recently listened to David Perell’s full Write of Passage podcast. It’s 21 episodes, but each one is only a minute or two so you can knock out the whole thing in under an hour. He has some great insights and inspiration to get you going. He has a full “school” you can join that […]
Get writing in 2021
Reading Time: < 1 minIf one of your goals is to starting writing/blogging more in 2021, I wholeheartedly encourage it. If you’re not sure if that’s something you want to do, this quick video from Seth Godin (which I’ve shared before) may help encourage you. Along those lines, though, I suggest that you avoid using a free blogging service. […]