Archive of posts from March 2018

Daily Post #0110 • March 31 2018 • Experience

Giving away your secrets

How brave are you?

Daily Post #0109 • March 30 2018 • Resilience

1-Up

We’ve talked about how A players got that way: by leading B players into A players.

Daily Post #0108 • March 29 2018 • Experience

On being hungry

We’ve heard it said, “You need to be hungry to be successful”

Daily Post #0107 • March 28 2018 • Craft

Compassion and tolerance

“Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.” – Dalai Lama Tolerance, combined with compassion, adds a flexibility to teams and individuals that make them very tough to break.

Daily Post #0106 • March 27 2018 • Narrative

Adam Standard Time

“He’s still awake? What time zone is he on?” He’s on Adam Standard Time.’

Daily Post #0105 • March 26 2018 • Experience

Sales isn’t a role

On effective teams, “sales” isn’t a role.

Daily Post #0104 • March 25 2018 • Experience

Fast-food teams

Is your team like fast-food?

Daily Post #0103 • March 24 2018 • Experience

Useful distraction

What is ‘distraction’?

Daily Post #0102 • March 23 2018 • Momentum

Vanilla sponge recipe

Making great vanilla sponge is simple.

Daily Post #0101 • March 22 2018 • Experience

We are not the same

Do you like cats? I don’t.

Daily Post #0100 • March 21 2018 • Resilience

100

What if “doubt” was designed to be useful?

Daily Post #0099 • March 20 2018 • Craft

Urgency detox

Proactive? You have an addiction problem.

Daily Post #0098 • March 19 2018 • Momentum

Being asked first

Were you picked last in sports at school?

Daily Post #0097 • March 18 2018 • Momentum

Modus Operandi

We’ve heard sayings like “What’s her MO?” in TV dramas before.

Daily Post #0096 • March 17 2018 • Craft

“The same, but cheaper”

That’s something most people want.

Daily Post #0095 • March 16 2018 • Resilience

Clarity is hard

Long reports say the least. Long proposals are read the least. Long speeches put people to sleep.

Daily Post #0094 • March 15 2018 • Craft

Limited time only

“Get this cheatsheet. It shows you the 3-easy-steps to make an ebook… That’s written about how to run a good webinar… Or attend this webinar to discover how to run an effective sales call… Which gives you an effective sales call designed to sell you a course… On how to make a great cheatsheet.”

Daily Post #0093 • March 14 2018 • Momentum

The third way

There are three sides to every coin.

Daily Post #0092 • March 13 2018 • Experience

Kensho or Bust

“I would have succeeded if it weren’t for _____”

Daily Post #0091 • March 12 2018 • Craft

How’s my driving?

Ever seen this written on the vehicle in front of you?

Daily Post #0090 • March 11 2018 • Craft

Put your name on it

When you were a kid and you drew a picture, what was the last detail you’d add?

Daily Post #0089 • March 10 2018 • Experience

What makes a gift a gift?

It’s not just “giving someone something”, is it? That’s a transaction.

Daily Post #0088 • March 09 2018 • Resilience

Fear, ego, and care

“It’s a very noisy world. And we’re not going to get a chance to get people to remember much about us. No company is. So we have to be really clear about what we want them to know about us.” – Steve Jobs

Daily Post #0087 • March 08 2018 • Craft

Poles of roles

Most roles have poles.

Daily Post #0086 • March 07 2018 • Resilience

Everyone an owner

Are you an owner?

Daily Post #0085 • March 06 2018 • Experience

Your contract means nothing

The longer the contract, the less trust you both have.

Daily Post #0084 • March 05 2018 • Momentum

Sugarbrain

How many hours daily do you dedicate to your meaningful work?

Daily Post #0083 • March 04 2018 • Experience

More social at (remote) work

What if remote work made us more social?

Daily Post #0082 • March 03 2018 • Craft

Making things happen

“I like things to happen; and if they don’t happen, I like to make them happen.” – Winston Churchill Making things happen is hard. And also easy.

Daily Post #0081 • March 02 2018 • Craft

Amazing time

Time will amaze us, one way or another.

Daily Post #0080 • March 01 2018 • Experience

On being missable (part 2)

What if they left you?

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