Why Try To Get Out Of Your Box, When You Can Use What's In It?
I labelled 2015 the year of Transformation. After listening to Matt & Kim’s song “Now” I was inspired to declare 2016 the year of Now. Instead of thinking about doing things I’ll just do them right away. This will help me fail fast, stop the lizard brain, and eliminate the consequences of procrastination. Thinking […]
Here’s a shortlist of acceptable things to not have time for. Listening to the devil’s advocate (or playing it) Being sad it didn’t work out the way you imagined Listening to your lizard brain Doing work you don’t love Hearing someone complain Sleeping in Making more powerpoint slides Feeling bad about the feedback you got […]
It’s quite natural for the lizard brain to ignite some crazy thoughts in our heads while receiving, waiting to receive, or after having received feedback. Think about the email containing feedback and how it seemed so harsh when you read it. Think about all the things you’re thinking could be wrong. Think about how you’ve […]
Love compounds. Learning compounds. Skill compounds the more you ship. It pays to ask if what you’re doing compounds. Failure, being right, submitting to the lizard brain doesn’t compound, so why are you spending your time there?* Stay Positive & Love Learn And Practice More *When it comes to failure, it’s impossible to compound […]
Are not the ones we want to let do the handwork, the grunt work, the creative work for us. Caring a lot about doing good work doesn’t mean you need to listen to the voices in your head critiquing your work, constantly whispering that it could be better, that you might as well give up […]
1) The moment you start paying people to share or putting a monetary value to them, then they’ll never do it for free again. Many managers rely on monetary incentives or prizes for good work ethic and behavior. Not only is it costly, but as soon as you do it, people won’t continue the behavior […]
It’s an odd feeling when someone tells me that they have my back because half of what I do I do to show one person can do it, that you don’t need a safety net, that one doing risky work doesn’t need someone to have their back. What every impresario needs is not the hearing that someone will […]
