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When we are buried in the details of our work, it's hard to look around and see connections to worlds outside ourselves. We can be talking to the same people within our crowd, read the same blogs, and look at the world through a myopic lens. Some of
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“The main thing Is to keep the main thing the main thing.” ~ Stephen Covey Keeping on the rails is so hard when our brain loves to pull us to distractions. It's not only the distractions, but we are barraged by other people's demands and priorities continually.
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You may have to build a business with 100 employees. Maybe a 1,000. That's the manpower tax to help get your product into the hands of your customer. Instagram had 13 employees serving 30 million users at a $500M valuation at one point. That's leverage.
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There is such a thing as decision fatigue. Your willpower and ability to make effective decisions changes over the course of a day from mental weariness. When it comes to trying to respond and keep up with the demands of knowledge work, it's hard to stay sharp and
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I don't do grand openings. If you have an idea, skills and the hard work to persist, simply get your first customers and start serving them. This idea that we are anything special out in the marketplace of hundreds of thousands of options is absurd. You have to
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The Effective Executive I side with Drucker. I do not think that managing other people is adequately proven. Most of the conversation I have experienced about work is complaining about employees and managers. The one thing I can control is my own effectiveness. I work hard to improve my habits
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Principles prevail in a world of chaos. Much of life is indeed chaos. I think the importance of collecting and testing your mental models - how you problem solve and approach the world - is critical to drive success. The 80/20 rule can help you focus on what has
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There is an irony about free markets that the collective participates in. On the one hand, we have massive choice in many categories. On the other hand, over time, we have a winner-take-all outcome. Over time, people consolidate and choose the best. We don't have all these phones.
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"You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine." – Darren Hardy Our habits define us. I like to tweak how I approach days and I experiment with my habits continually. These days, I
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I went through a lot of old digital files recently in my Google Drive as part of a pruning day. I had everything from client projects from years ago to books I was working on to consulting and coaching tools for strategy. The vast majority of information was irrelevant to
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The SaaS company WorkBoard announced it closed a Series B round for $23M to total out its fundraising to $36M to date. At this point with their revenues tripling year over year, they have market validation. With more complexity and faster growth, keeping the main thing the main thing is
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We have a hard time appreciating what drag does to our lives and work. If you're used to sifting through your junk to find your clothes, notebooks, gadgets or everything to help you in a day, the friction may be lost on you. It's become a