No matter who you are, the world would continue spinning without you just the same.
The Kind of Sharing That Matters
The moments that truly matter are easily lost in a sea of humdrum, everyday activities.
The moments that truly matter are easily lost in a sea of humdrum, everyday activities.
Fauxtonomy
Don’t settle where you’re not trusted.
Don’t settle where you’re not trusted.
Keep the Change
My personal measure of inflation is what I call “the pretzel index.”
My personal measure of inflation is what I call “the pretzel index.”
It Might Go Better Than You Expect
The next time you catch yourself thinking, “I hope this is gonna go well,” remember: It could go well or not so well — but it might go even better, and that’s the hoop we’re truly shooting for.
The next time you catch yourself thinking, “I hope this is gonna go well,” remember: It could go well or not so well — but it might go even better, and that’s the hoop we’re truly shooting for.
Can You Repeat It?
Business is not a creativity game. It’s a money game.
Business is not a creativity game. It’s a money game.
Pick Your Obstacles
Some problems are better than others, if only because you are better suited to address them.
Some problems are better than others, if only because you are better suited to address them.
The Uncertain Art of Stepping Up
You won’t be ready when life makes the big ask, and you shouldn’t expect yourself to be. Unpreparedness is half the deal.
You won’t be ready when life makes the big ask, and you shouldn’t expect yourself to be. Unpreparedness is half the deal.
There Can Only Be One Person in the Angry-Boat
The angry-boat is a one-person canoe, and as soon as you get in, the other person will have to get out.
The angry-boat is a one-person canoe, and as soon as you get in, the other person will have to get out.
Emotional Needs vs. Factual Needs
Separating your and other people’s emotional needs from reality-based ones is a lifelong task.
Separating your and other people’s emotional needs from reality-based ones is a lifelong task.
Stretching Into Your Potential
You can take up as much space as you need to be who you want to be
You can take up as much space as you need to be who you want to be
Over Here, Over There
Sometimes, the best thing you can do to make progress on a project is to go do something else.
Sometimes, the best thing you can do to make progress on a project is to go do something else.
On Different Communication Styles: Becoming a Better Team
One of the greatest but hardest-to-learn lessons in life is that not everything needs to be done your way in order to get done at all.
One of the greatest but hardest-to-learn lessons in life is that not everything needs to be done your way in order to get done at all.
The Magic Thought
Thinking is helpful — but not the point.
Thinking is helpful — but not the point.
Later Is Not Too Late
The things that are both important and urgent are far and few between.
The things that are both important and urgent are far and few between.
It Gets Crispy at the End
Don’t give up too soon.
Don’t give up too soon.