Archive
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May
- You can’t expect everything from all relationships
- Getting your head into gear
- Keep a record
- You are not your role models
- Writing is therapy
- Do priorities exist?
- The question to ask before you believe smart people
- When everybody you know is…
- It’s okay to copy
- The mind and the brain
- The confidence to try more things
- It might be best to turn it down
- Comparing inside to outside
- Getting lost in the immediate
- When procedure gets in the way
- Doing it because it’s hard
- The anti-norm
- The right to expression
- Who’s going to have to clean up?
- Constant beeps
- When the result is irrelevant
- Failure can be daunting
- To crowdfund or not to crowdfund
- You don’t know what you don’t know
- Why you want to get it out there
- Insignificant results
- Never seeing a bus
- Ask the smartest people
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April
- You don’t have to document everything, but…
- Make it clear by writing it for someone on the outside
- Love your customer
- Finding your voice
- A poem about time and things
- Consensus is dangerous
- It’s natural to want to blame
- Complicated doesn’t need to mean difficult
- Mistakes and your comfort zone
- Why don’t you share your ideas?
- Are you creating delicious ideas?
- It’s natural to forget the lessons you learn
- Customers in comment sections
- If you’re ever on the fence about whether you want a job or not
- Persuasion vs inspiration
- Whenever you start learning something new…
- Old work and new results
- Can you only do it when it matters?
- The triangle of work styles
- Don’t get skewed by large followings
- Not everyone will approve, but…
- How valuable are your problems and ideas?
- We all have emotions, but…
- Is it too easy or too hard? Neither is the right answer…
- Finding inspiration is like lighting a fire
- Once you realise that pure altruism is a myth…
- A broader range of thinking
- Do you only have a hammer for your problems?
- If you get too caught up on productivity…
- Showing up all the time is hard, but…
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March
- Do the stuff that’s quickest to do
- It’s often better to dumb it down
- You don’t have to be right all of the time
- Every interaction with a customer is a chance to impress
- You don’t have to have experience with something to give advice about it
- Questions versus doubts
- The difference between active and passive learning
- The moments when no one is looking are the most peaceful
- Two wrong assumptions about interruptions
- Knowing it all vs knowing nothing
- Without hope, a person has nothing…
- Not being in the mix can be a blessing
- Specialise don’t generalise, but only if you want to
- The problem with being detail-orientated
- Tuning in to the right frequencies
- How to deal with expectations
- Having just one thing that you have to every day…
- Why forming an opinion matters
- Results vs process
- Why you’re probably not charging enough
- The problem with other people’s inspirational stories
- When things are going well…
- Simple doesn’t mean stupid
- When to not focus on the details
- How to start
- How can you become more like the people you admire?
- It’s not your fault?
- How to help someone learn
- Getting feedback from someone when they’re emotional
- Why the outside matters
- Being liked as a leader is useful, but…
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February
- The world isn’t more stressful, you’re just more aware
- Distraction or the next big thing?
- The desire to know
- Your design matters way less than you think
- Why are you hesitating?
- You might be worth more in a different environment
- Do less because…
- Anything can be made into a parody
- Why do you want a shiny, new website?
- You most useful asset when working across cultures
- It’s very unlikely that the problems you’re facing are novel
- Copying others doesn’t mean that you’re not innovating
- How can you break the status quo?
- Comfort can mean different things to different people
- You are more than your niche
- It can be instinct to think that you know better
- How much of your schedule is a drain on your energy?
- Reading a book isn’t about the ego boost
- Everyone is trying to be better
- There’s something we all have in common and it’s very inspiring
- Why your clients hire you
- What great managers of risk understand
- What’s in a wish?
- If someone is offering you a small sum of money to…
- Do you really want it?
- Most things aren’t designed for most people…
- A note on the desire for wealth
- The misconception about the benefit of the doubt
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January
- Are you giving yourself too much time?
- Do this when EVERYTHING is important
- Make it actionable
- Feeling like it’s unnatural is very natural
- The important difference between a pessimist and a critic
- Content - quality vs quantity?
- Donate now or wait until you’re rich?
- Once you tell yourself it’s bad, it’s hard to change that story
- Why does your organisation need to look “professional”?
- The language you use matters
- People aren’t always looking for solutions
- You’re not supposed to know, but you are supposed to think
- It’s okay to doubt yourself
- Strength and fragility - the mind
- You don’t need to know all of the answers in order to help people
- Are you investing in yourself?
- Stop doubting your ideas
- Find a template and live by it
- How to use your body to get over mistakes
- The biggest lie people believe about fate
- Giving up can feel really good
- There are two approaches to starting something new
- Untold truths are sometimes better left untold
- The easiest way to learn from the smartest people
- When you have a new idea, it can feel like finding a precious gem
- No one said that you had to show up and do it perfectly
- Belief in yourself isn’t everything
- Ready-aim-fire doesn’t work as well in non-profits
- How do you view money?
- You get to choose whose opinion matters
- Every day a new world
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December
- Having competition is a blessing
- Advice for realists that talk to optimists
- It doesn’t matter if they’re smart – they might be wrong
- Debt should be normalized - but not for everyone
- Is your experience compounding?
- The curse of “I’ll do it when…”
- When setting your prices…
- Just because you want to ‘hustle’ doesn’t mean you can’t be patient
- You won’t get the right answer from the wrong question
- You can’t expect everyone to be upfront with you all the time
- Wasting time trying to sound smart
- Visualize success for motivation, visualize failure to ensure success
- Are you afraid of humour?
- What’s the worst thing that could happen?
- What if no one opens the door for you?
- The balance between work and socialising
- A big difference between for-profits and non-profits
- Sometimes people won’t ask themselves the tough questions
- It’s fine to prioritize your clients, but never do this…
- When it gets hard, that’s a great sign
- Your definition of perfect is often very different to others’
- Procrastination can have a positive outcome - but, it depends…
- Experts will tell you 100 different things
- The right way to ask for advice
- Is your message speaking to a demographic or a person?
- Money shouldn’t bring the team together
- There’s a difference between waffling and “repetition, repetition, repetition”
- If someone doesn’t understand something…
- This is why you need to write down your decisions
- Do you double down on bad decisions?
- When optimism goes so does your ability to think rationally
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November
- Focus on high-value activities
- Why a big audience for your writing doesn’t matter
- The combination of talent, experience, and passion
- How to make people think you’re smart
- How often do you doubt yourself?
- There’s too much to do, it’s overwhelming - but what else?
- Is your environment good enough for true flow?
- What happens when you show up with a bad attitude
- Who are you following?
- The problem with good habits
- The incorrect assumption about social media
- Clients want you to think - clients need you to ask questions
- Get over yourself and your amazing qualities
- The goal is no delays - always
- Commit completely or don’t even start
- Time heals all - but that doesn’t help
- The power of a greater good
- The undervalued aspect of a manager
- Can you put a personal face behind the brand?
- Behind the scenes is allowed to be messy
- It’s a story of self-empowerment
- Don’t offer me the upsell when…
- It’s easier when no one cares
- You’re responsible too — don’t just blame Facebook
- Do this when you can’t focus
- The problem with “I’ve got a friend who can help us for free”
- Are you asking too many unnecessary questions?
- Who do you trust online?
- Is there a long-term vision?
- It’s easier if you’re passionate
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October
- How I write every day
- Treat your work like it’s exercise
- This is good servant leadership
- You are not Steve Jobs
- Why don’t you share more of your life?
- Stop thinking about it
- You’re not an idiot – you just made a mistake
- This applies even if you love your job
- Always do this before you submit
- Does pride get in the way of your problem-solving?
- Automation isn’t answer #1
- Don’t do something just because it’s right to do it
- Customer service makes all the difference
- Make it easy for them
- Don’t let someone else make your rules
- A piece of advice about advice
- Failing isn’t forever
- If you hire great people then this applies
- Meetings don’t need to take that long
- Don’t make a sacrifice, make a change
- Professionality vs time, effort and money
- What’s the value of an immediate answer?
- Stop sitting and thinking
- Words don’t care about your intentions
- Resourcefulness requires this special trait
- Are you an idea generator or an idea executer?
- How to find out what customers want
- The light at the end of the tunnel will come
- There’s always more opportunity to show previous successes
- This is good business
- Doing vs consuming
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September
- Are you doing something big?
- How to create something great over time
- Understand deeply, communicate simply
- Controversial opinion: voice messages
- How to answer your own doubts
- If you can’t beat fear, do it scared
- The most important type of trust
- How to hack your productivity
- Don’t sacrifice your content for your title
- How to NOT give advice
- It’ll be better tomorrow
- Who are you accountable to?
- Social media isn’t supposed to feel normal
- Are you too uncomfortable with imperfection?
- How long has it been since you’ve come to the surface?
- It’s okay to feel silly when speaking another language
- Children won’t need to learn programming
- What if you could achieve 100x more?
- Do you have complete faith in your team?
- You only have one guarantee when trying to create something genius
- Ask yourself this if you’ve given too many chances
- Remember the secret advantage of the 9 to 5
- Are you apologizing too much?
- Are you afraid of the first time?
- How often do you make your clients smile?
- Do you feel stressed?
- What if aspects of your personality just disappeared?
- Gender roles can just be called roles now
- Do you celebrate enough small wins?
- Do you charge enough?
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August
- Perfect is the enemy of done
- Five a day
- Put something at stake
- We can’t please the world
- Innovate when you can, imitate when should
- How to get the contract
- Lying is a terrible superpower
- The power of a signature
- You are not Coca-Cola
- Blinded by ideas
- I told you so
- Que sera sera
- Spinning the wheels
- Step 1: Measure the results