Archive of posts from December 2022

Daily Post #1849 • December 31 2022 • Craft

Work ahead of time

Having ideas to blog about every day isn’t a byproduct of having lots of ideas, but of having the commitment to showing up every day to engage in the act of writing those ideas.

Daily Post #1848 • December 30 2022 • Momentum

Smaller goals

Time goals are almost always wrong.

Daily Post #1847 • December 29 2022 • Experience

Look Beyond Data

Not all who like your tweet tap Like. Sometimes, people just like it inside. Think of how many profiles you’ve enjoyed but didn’t tap Like on.

Daily Post #1846 • December 28 2022 • Craft

No more persuasion skills

We hear a lot about the importance of persuasion skills in sales.

Daily Post #1845 • December 27 2022 • Craft

What should have happened vs what happened

Sometimes things don’t go quite to plan.

Daily Post #1844 • December 26 2022 • Experience

So keep going.

Things that feel hard aren’t necessarily hard…

Daily Post #1843 • December 25 2022 • Experience

Change isn’t that uncomfortable

This is our first Christmas with our baby boy.

Daily Post #1842 • December 24 2022 • Momentum

Easy, sticky, and kind on yourself

Don’t decide to read more. Decide to read one page per day. Easy, sticky, and kind on yourself.

Daily Post #1841 • December 23 2022 • Craft

Better than a digital detox

Ever had a digital detox?

Daily Post #1840 • December 22 2022 • Craft

Reminders from space

When you feel like your project is too hard,

Daily Post #1839 • December 21 2022 • Experience

On buying the wrong thing

I’ve done this many times.

Daily Post #1838 • December 20 2022 • Resilience

Did you do your best?

One of two things will happen:

Daily Post #1837 • December 19 2022 • Craft

A quick reminder

A quick reminder for everyone creating and building:

Daily Post #1836 • December 18 2022 • Craft

What AI can teach us about leadership

When you ask AI a question, it gives you an answer.

Daily Post #1835 • December 17 2022 • Experience

I hate marketing

I love making and selling things that people will love.

Daily Post #1834 • December 16 2022 • Craft

Hello, winter!

I love winter.

Daily Post #1833 • December 15 2022 • Craft

Sometimes, messy is tidy

Our development team love ‘tidy’…

Daily Post #1832 • December 14 2022 • Experience

Real community isn’t a buzzword

Projects and companies are starting to promise “a community” around their work…

Daily Post #1831 • December 13 2022 • Craft

Thanks, AI!

We can thank AI’s developments for a better market and better practitioners:

Daily Post #1830 • December 12 2022 • Momentum

Death and quick money

What do death and quick money have in common?

Daily Post #1829 • December 11 2022 • Momentum

Rapid single-tasking is better than multi-tasking

Multi-tasking stinks.

Daily Post #1828 • December 10 2022 • Craft

Agree and Disagree

Creative work suffers from woke thought.

Daily Post #1827 • December 09 2022 • Craft

Frugality has a bad reputation

The skills required to acquire resources aren’t the same skills required to retain resources.

Daily Post #1826 • December 08 2022 • Experience

The thing about rented land

We used to worry a lot about rented land.

Daily Post #1825 • December 07 2022 • Craft

Second, do it right

First, do it.

Daily Post #1824 • December 06 2022 • Resilience

Not your timing

Our baby might arrive today.

Daily Post #1823 • December 05 2022 • Craft

Optimising for joy

What do you optimise your work for?

Daily Post #1822 • December 04 2022 • Momentum

The thing about chasing things

Creators and entrepreneurs do a lot of chasing.

Daily Post #1821 • December 03 2022 • Resilience

Memory-book-worthy

When you can do many things… how do you decide which to delegate?

Daily Post #1820 • December 02 2022 • Craft

Skills vs Future

Just because you’re good at something, it doesn’t mean you’re the only one who should do it. Marketers can hire marketers. Designers can hire designers. Parents can hire nannies. CEOs can hire CEOs.

Daily Post #1819 • December 01 2022 • Craft

People aren’t cars

Does a car that accelerates faster than other cars really go faster?

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