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New Years always feels so fresh with anticipation. We close the books for the previous year and reconnected with friends and family over the holidays. Then there is this new outlook of opportunities. Exciting. I am thinking about a lot of different fronts for growth, as are many people I
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DHH, Basecamp As we are closing the year, I do want to encourage readers and clients, as I have for many years, to give up the grind. Most things simply don't matter. They don't move the needle of your life towards results that make a meaningful
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My days, like many of yours, are jammed with demands that relentlessly pull at me. It's not hard to simply jump into the chaos and push forward on every front. It can feel productive, but often times it is simply reactive. And, if I'm not careful,
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Have you ever assumed something about someone and been surprised? Assumptions can bite you in the butt pretty fast if you are not careful. I like to be surprised all the time. And I don't like to make assumptions. One thing I do assume is that any person
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It is truly dizzying to work in the connected economy. Information is swirling and so easy to create, distribute and push around. Most people did not go to classes on how to do project work or collaborate like a master. No, the world simply moves and we self-select in our
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These remarkable times truly do afford anyone with an idea the opportunity to build something quickly and cheaply. The connected economy makes it easy to put together a site, market, drive sales, fulfill promises and ship products and services. The missing ingredient for success is less about the resources and
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Moving the needle becomes quite a challenge for everyone these days. When we are drowning in a sea of information, it's hard to decipher what work is contributing to the bottom line and what is simply wasteful and busy activity. I usually have a nagging sense of dissatisfaction
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I have a lot of fun every day designing things to work in reality. Researching, pulling technology together and finding talent to execute is something I have done for many years, and it is still gratifying to watch a system, process and team work. I don't know, perhaps
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Part of living in reality is accepting all its shortcomings and inefficiencies. All the inputs you may work hard to put into a system - materials, technology, talent, management, etc. - will not work at maximum efficiency or ever be balanced. When your systems become more complex, there is going
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We do not tend to give compliments or recognition for, "Look what I prevented from happening." It's simply not how our brains work. Yes, we have heard the wisdom of Benjamin Franklin, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." However, who
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Believe nothing. Move with the popular notions of your peers. Play it safe. Fit in. That's a good way to blend in without much change. It can work well as a strategy for work that is predictable and factory-oriented. In fact, most people are seeking this kind of
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Most of the people I know are in a daze. Life is simply overwhelming. Sure, we have revolutionary technology that increases our productivity. However, are we really more productive? We can push more information and work around like never before. But much of what is being pushed around is noise.