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. […]
Encouragement
Sharpen before you chop
Reading Time: < 1 minWhen we’re building a website at GreenMellen, it’s typically around a six month process. Despite a website being largely a visual creation, the design doesn’t begin until we’re roughly two months into the project. How is that possible? When it comes to websites, or any kind of marketing, the message is what’s most important. Wrapping […]
You’ll never be ready, so do it now
Reading Time: < 1 minI’m an Eagle Scout, so I know the motto “Be Prepared”. Going into something blind is often foolish. However, many people have a tendency to overprepare and never quite get to the point of publishing. The difference between “bad” and “perfect” is pretty wide, but it will literally never be perfect. That is essentially the […]
Practicing The Practice
Reading Time: 2 minI just finished Seth Godin’s latest book The Practice, and it’s excellent. If you’ve not read it yet you should absolutely pick it up. His main push in the book (and in his other work lately) is encouragement to get out there and do your craft, but do it for yourself. The act of doing […]
It’s not too late
Reading Time: 2 minI was listening to a podcast recently where one of the hosts was lamenting the fact that they didn’t invent any of the great new apps that seem somewhat obvious to us now, like Uber and Slack. They wished they could go back in time about 10 years and fix that, but “it’s too late […]
Make More Mistakes
Reading Time: < 1 minThis is kind of a riff on my recent post failures faced by Michael Jordan and others, but it has more to do with making mistakes. Thomas J. Watson, the founder of IBM, is quoted as having said: “Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that […]
Take back your content
Reading Time: 3 minAs of the time of this writing, many people (primarily conservatives) are looking to leave Facebook and move their account over to Parler, the “free speech social network”. I’ve seen quite a few friends “leave” Facebook for Parler, but then they keep posting new stuff on Facebook. Interpret that how you will. Parler may or […]
How many shots did Michael Jordan miss?
Reading Time: 2 minYou’ve heard it said that “Michael Jordan has missed more shots than you’ve ever taken“. Similarly, many people reach their success by failing more times than you’ve tried. The idea is pretty clear; most everyone that is a success has tried hard and failed many times, learned from each experience, and then eventually became great. […]