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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!
The ability to focus for long periods of time is a rightfully-celebrated skill. But we should remember to celebrate time spent outside of focus too, where we can zoom out and see the bigger picture:
How many times have you said that to yourself, in your head?
The human effect on our work is profound, particularly for those who consider themselves logical and pragmatic:
So do you. Though the words we choose are important:
It’s cool to hate on Facebook at the moment.
“It’s not how we do things” can be an empowering or limiting statement, depending on its context:
We quite like getting ready for things. But it’s a bad habit:
Yesterday we talked about quitting. Today we’re going the opposite route:
Ever asked yourself this question? What do you think the answer is?
Every day, we’re faced with both types of work:
Grit is more than hustle, it’s perspective in practice:
Teams: build a life business, not a lifestyle business.
Small teams seem to look up at larger ones and think, “They must be smarter, better, and faster than we are.” Smarter systems. Better talent. Faster production.
…are that there are no longer any rules.
Some things in a company can’t be measured on a balance sheet:
How do we move the success of meaningful work from possible to inevitable?
What happens when your work breaks?
…is that it only really gets to work once you’ve both given and received it:
We like to do business with companies that believe the same things we do.
The decisions we make at work or in our personal lives create confidence or discomfort depending on how in sync they are with who we want to be.
Every day, same time, the clock strikes: It’s time to start–and finish–a blog post.
We like to search for the ‘best’ way to do things. But what we often find is a subjective ‘either works’:
If you had to repeat last week every week for the rest of your life, would you?
The world may not be fair, but does that mean we need to protect ourselves or our work all the time?
If you have important work to do, which is better: 6 hours, or 12 hours?
The Blame game is an ugly game played by people who are scared.
Sometimes we just want a re-do on our work.
Effective teams have both. But which is better?
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!