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I create a newsletter called GrowthCandy. Each issue shares one idea to help build and spread your work, delivered as a short comic. Fast to read. Easy to apply. Hard to forget!
When an orchestra begins to play, is the conductor nervous?
If this piece of music doesn’t give you goosebumps, I don’t know what will.
What if we could condense a year of growth into a single month?
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller
“The successful person is open-minded and tolerant on all subjects. If you close your mind, you will be shut off from the recognition of favorable opportunities and the friendly cooperation of others.” – Napoleon Hill
We’ve talked about how rare great teams seem to be. We’ve built fortifying walls together in defense of these teams.
A good friend shared an interesting dilemma today.
What goes through your mind while you work? The mindset we bring to our work has a profound effect on what we create.
Great teams are either in high demand or are about to be in high demand. Could over-availability stunt such a teams’ momentum?
Teams that create impact understand how being over-flexible compromises their work and their results.
You’re really good at keeping rhythm. No, really.
Drug-dealers and missionaries have a lot in common.
“It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten army from rallying.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
Does your next project excite you or stress you out?
Most of us have heard that, in marketing, it’s more effective to describe benefits than features. You may have also heard that the best marketing changes the product (e.g. learning and executing user feedback), not the ads alone.
“Self-approval is a dangerous state of mind” – Napoleon Hill
Without rhythm, our brains wouldn’t defer breathing to the unconscious. Rhythm means we’ve figured out how to make something work, every time.
Whether it’s a workout or a project, there comes a point where you say, “That’s enough.” The project is all done. Your legs are burning from the hill climb. Nothing.
I don’t know much about cars. When Ferrari releases under-the-hood photos of a new vehicle, I’ve little idea of what I’m looking at. But it looks good.
To-dos can be deceiving because an activity is not an achievement.
Take a look at this week’s calendar. How does it make you feel? Do you feel motivated by the momentum you’ll create, or do you feel locked down by dread?
When you set ‘bad goals’, everything feels entirely within arm’s reach. You need not stretch yourself to attain them.
Creating, leading, or belonging to a great team is a privilege.
When you belong to a great team, it’s great because of you, as well as the others. Otherwise, it would be a ‘mostly great’ team. But we don’t always ‘feel’ great.
It’s fascinating how perspective and mental state can totally rewrite our circumstances. A favorite saying of mine is,
“Big problems are just small problems in small worlds.”
With development accelerating in AI and machine learning, the world is going to transform in a big way. Some wonder where humans might fit into it all, as blue-and-white-collar professions are altered by robots.
When you go on a trip, a vacation, a hike… don’t forget to take pictures and draw a map.
I create a newsletter called GrowthCandy. Each issue shares one idea to help build and spread your work, delivered as a short comic. Fast to read. Easy to apply. Hard to forget!