Archive of posts from April 2018

Daily Post #0140 • April 30 2018 • Experience

Time doesn’t need protecting

Do you “protect your time”?

Daily Post #0139 • April 29 2018 • Momentum

The new channel-surfing

Great teams teach.

Daily Post #0138 • April 28 2018 • Momentum

Smells desperate

It’s easy to feel this.

Daily Post #0137 • April 27 2018 • Resilience

Volunteers and veterans

A man stands up at a charity gala. The room applauds.

Daily Post #0136 • April 26 2018 • Momentum

Care-o-meter

What differentiates the winners from the losers?

Daily Post #0135 • April 25 2018 • Craft

Making magic happen

It sounds like a romanticization, doesn’t it?

Daily Post #0134 • April 24 2018 • Craft

Weird

What is ‘weird’?

Daily Post #0133 • April 23 2018 • Narrative

Assumptive

Being assumptive gets a bad rap.

Daily Post #0132 • April 22 2018 • Experience

Best in the world

If your team was the best in the world in your field, how would you behave differently?

Daily Post #0131 • April 21 2018 • Craft

What you deserve

Why does “get what you deserve” sound negative?

Daily Post #0130 • April 20 2018 • Craft

Rush or flow

There’s a deadline coming.

Daily Post #0129 • April 19 2018 • Experience

Team feel-good

‘Feel-good’. Adjective. Meaning “a feeling of happiness and well-being.”.

Daily Post #0128 • April 18 2018 • Experience

Code of Stuckness

What is ‘being stuck’?

Daily Post #0127 • April 17 2018 • Craft

Pro Sandcastle Sculptor

Now there’s a job title that shouldn’t exist.

Daily Post #0126 • April 16 2018 • Narrative

How to run in the rain

There are 2 ways to run in the rain:

Daily Post #0125 • April 15 2018 • Craft

You don’t need better tools

You might simply need to use the ones you have better:

Daily Post #0124 • April 14 2018 • Experience

New Guard

Are you a team newbie or part of the old guard?

Daily Post #0123 • April 13 2018 • Craft

Team mathematics

Give yourself a number.

Daily Post #0122 • April 12 2018 • Momentum

A little more Shui

What frustrates you?

Daily Post #0121 • April 11 2018 • Resilience

Everything’s done slowly in a helicopter

It was my first flight lesson.

Daily Post #0120 • April 10 2018 • Experience

Change the rules by going with the flow

But doesn’t changing the rules mean not going with the flow?

Daily Post #0119 • April 09 2018 • Experience

Don’t forget charm

Is your team charming?

Daily Post #0118 • April 08 2018 • Momentum

Shanzhai economy

If you knew your idea would get stolen, would you share it?

Daily Post #0117 • April 07 2018 • Craft

Control the goal

Who controls your fulfillment?

Daily Post #0116 • April 06 2018 • Narrative

When ‘spec’ keeps changing

Yesterday we talked about ‘meeting spec’.

Daily Post #0115 • April 05 2018 • Momentum

Meeting Spec

What is “Spec”?

Daily Post #0114 • April 04 2018 • Momentum

What we’re made of

What do “pressing publish”, “pressing record”, and “walking on stage” have in common?

Daily Post #0113 • April 03 2018 • Craft

Team rituals

Brewing pǔ’ěr tea in a Yixing clay teapot comes with many rituals.

Daily Post #0112 • April 02 2018 • Experience

“I’ll do that”

“Do” is a relative term:

Daily Post #0111 • April 01 2018 • Experience

Market hypocrite

What is a “Market Hypocrite”?

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