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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!
Biz magazines prefer to romanticize growth as a graduation from pain. Not so:
It’s an old marketing saying and an old marketing lie. It was never in the list:
It’s just a market response to a broken workplace:
Every business operating in the marketplace has problems. What’s our relationship with them?
…is that they tend not to do as much good as you think they do:
What’s your TTA (time to action) when an opportunity arises?
We won’t all have the chance to get to know you like you know you. But we will all get to form an opinion about you from your message:
Access to the people–and things–we wanted access to used to be a pipe dream. That became a popular excuse for inaction.
“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.” – Aristotle
The things that haunt us have something to teach us:
I drove for one hour today. In that one hour I saw:
Being a native means “you’re like us”. How native are you to those you serve?
Ever wonder why we treat rules like laws in our work? They’re not the same thing:
Ever wake up feeling “ugh” about something you need to do that day?
We all know Instagram is full of people trying to appear as though life is different from reality. It’s because we have things the wrong way around:
What do ancient stoic philosophy and ethical sales have in common?
…is paved with all sorts of things we wish it weren’t:
What happens when we start the day with legacy work?
Well, maybe not comfortable, but less uncomfortable:
…is that we risk missing lessons taught by pursuit:
One day, all the ‘jobs’ will be done, and material safety will be assured. What then?
You’re sitting on a goldmine of opportunity. We often find it through testing. Remember what comes first:
How many weeks does it take you to write the date right after the new year?
“The wise man will live as long as he ought, not as long as he can” – Seneca
From emerging market verticals to better customer service, the old ways keep fading away:
Some goals are all about the climb:
It’s hard to get back into good habits after the holidays.
How do we love our work properly?
The thing about doing business with your team is, it’s still too complicated.
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!