Second takes
Have you ever tried recording a video message for someone? Perhaps you’ve used Loom to record a message for a colleague or for a sales...
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Selected Posts
Below are a few of my favorite posts that I hope you enjoy.
Feb 24, 20231 min
Procure purpose with a mission
There are essential tasks in every business that are, in and of themselves, mundane. Yet, mundane tasks, when understood to be part of a...
Feb 21, 20231 min
Untapped utility
What are your exceptional abilities? Even if you think you’re only exceptionally good at one thing, does that one thing have additional...
Feb 14, 20231 min
Oil lamp
The turtle-neck-clad presenter strides onto the stage. Lifting a cloth to reveal the object of interest beneath, he begins: "Feast your...
Jan 25, 20232 min
The human eye and the meaning of focus
You’ve likely heard of the importance of ‘finding a business niche’. Broadly speaking, finding and focusing on a business niche can have...
Jan 23, 20231 min
Abstract, ambiguous
When I decided to start writing and publishing something every day it occurred to me that what I most enjoy reading is thought-provoking...
Jan 22, 20231 min
Combos
There’s nothing like a great combo. The right combination makes things better. Watching a movie with popcorn A burger with fries Ice...
Jan 20, 20231 min
Unique combinations
New and unique products and services are like a great book. A best-selling novel isn't composed of newly invented words, but rather new...
Jan 12, 20231 min
"No one else is doing this!"
TRUE: Finding that your business idea already exists isn’t necessarily a bad thing. ALSO TRUE: Finding that your business idea doesn’t...
Jan 11, 20231 min
Analysis paralysis and getting comfortable with ambiguity
What finally got me to start writing every day was becoming comfortable with ambiguity (not always knowing in advance what I would write...
Jan 10, 20231 min
Predictors of future success: passion, curiosity, and perseverance (grit)
Curiosity leads you to wonder, passion leads you to act, and grit keeps you curious and passionate long after the initial burst of...
Jan 6, 20231 min
Gut feeling and instinct
Something as simple as walking requires us to have made a profound number of calculations that we don’t even consciously think about....
Jan 3, 20231 min
Tree rings
I was fascinated to learn that trees store more information than I previously realized. Tree rings tell at least two stories. The first,...
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