Reading Time: < 1 minIn many types of businesses, it’s helpful when the owner has gone through what their customers are facing. I shared a few years ago how that can work well, focused on Rory Vaden’s popular idea of “you’re most powerfully positioned to serve the person you once were“. However, there are a lot of cases where […]
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Higher standards can make things look worse
Reading Time: 2 minAs you improve some parts of your life it can make other parts of your life seem worse, even if they’re improving as well. As I shared last year, the world is in far better shape than you might realize, and it just seems bad in comparison to perfect. In his book “Enlightenment Now“, author […]
The Sunday Summary: Long to-do lists, clear speaking, deep notes, and automatic golfing
Reading Time: 2 minIn an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, June 12: If you finish your to-do list, that’s problematicI’m a big advocate of getting things complete, like consistently hitting inbox zero, but your to-do list should always […]
Awareness of your shortcomings doesn’t excuse them
Reading Time: < 1 minWe all have shortcomings in our lives, and it’s important to be aware of what they are. However, self-awareness doesn’t excuse them and you should be working to smooth out your rough places. On a recent episode of Adam Grant’s “Rethinking” podcast, he had Brené Brown and Simon Sinek on to talk about leadership kills. […]
Don’t choose outrage
Reading Time: < 1 minWe all know people that view the world through different lenses. Some see the positive side in everything, others see the negative. While some of that is due to circumstance (you lost a job, lost a spouse, etc), most of it is just a choice. Kevin Kelly suggests in his latest book that you should […]
You could leave life right now
Reading Time: 2 minIf you read much from the stoics (which I’ve done a bit, but not a lot so far), they tend to focus on a few key concepts. One is to let your decisions be led by logic instead of emotions, but they also push you to take a long world view. I stole part of […]
Do you know who my parents are?
Reading Time: 2 minSome of us are born into more privilege than others. This could be related to race or gender, but it also can be greatly affected simply by who your parents are. You can certainly see this if someone is child of Bill Gates or Elon Musk, but I see it happen on much smaller scales […]
Your opinions should not be predictable based on your other opinions
Reading Time: 2 minDefining yourself based on your opinions can make for a tough life, because then changing your opinions (which you should probably do from time to time) becomes much more difficult to do. In his book “Excellent Advice for Living“, Kevin Kelly says: Don’t define yourself by your opinions because then you can’t change your mind. […]
I don’t skip a day (unless I can)
Reading Time: 2 minI recently finished reading the book “Magic Words” by Jonah Berger, and he had some great insights in there. I have other posts to share later, but one big thing that hit me was taking the time to sort out the things you “can’t” do and the things you “don’t” do. In Jonah’s words: Having […]
The way it starts isn’t how it finishes, and that’s by design
Reading Time: < 1 minOur company will turn 14 later this year, and it’s a far different company than I might have predicted 14 years ago. I didn’t have a specific plan in mind when we started, so I’ve just been enjoying the journey and I’m very happy with how things have turned out. In Adam Savage’s book “Every […]