Reading Time: < 1 minI was recently listening to an episode of the “You Are Not So Smart” podcast where they were chatting with Mónica Guzmán (author of the excellent book “I Never Thought of it That Way“), and Mónica got into some interesting thoughts regarding curiosity. She shared a story of when someone considered her curiosity to be […]
I know I’m winging it
Reading Time: < 1 minI’ve shared before that having a bit of imposter syndrome can be a good thing. If you fear that you’re not smart enough or good enough, you’ll often work that much harder than those that try to coast through things (like my friend Tim from little league baseball). In Amanda Palmer’s book “The Art of […]
Unsolicited Response Rate
Reading Time: < 1 minJay Acunzo recently shared a great new marketing metric that I want find a way to measure. How often do people reach out to you, unsolicited, because of something that you wrote or said? Worded a bit better, from Jay: Without gaming it, without asking for it, once you “get in front of” others, do […]
The Sunday Summary: Repetition, flaws, the labor of ink, and the Miyoo Mini Plus
Reading Time: < 1 minIn an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, February 10: Repetition is persuasiveRelated to faith, “repetition does not spoil the prayer”. Tue, February 11: Thinking through your fingers“I think through my fingers, I have to write […]
Will the Pebble be like Fuller House?
Reading Time: < 1 minI’m super excited that the Pebble smartwatch is coming back, and I plan to buy one when it does. However, I’m concerned that most of the excitement (including my own?) is mostly just based in nostalgia. I’ve seen many people post on social media that they’re excited for it to come back out, and many […]
The Miyoo Mini Plus
Reading Time: 2 minI recently turned 49 years old, and for my birthday my wife got me a gift (as suggested by Robert) that a 9-year-old would love — the Miyoo Mini Plus. It’s fantastic. In short, it’s a handheld video game system (not unlike a Game Boy), and it has the ability to play virtually all of […]
Weighing your words against the labor of ink
Reading Time: 2 minI recently listened to the “Shell Game” podcast series, hosted by Evan Ratliff. He describes the show like this: What would happen if you created a digital copy of yourself, powered by AI, and set it loose in the world? Evan Ratliff, longtime tech journalist, decided to find out. He combined a clone of his […]
Draw attention to the flaws
Reading Time: < 1 minTrust is one of the most valuable assets you can have in a business relationship, and a great way to build trust is by pointing out some of your own flaws. This can happen a few different ways. First, as I shared a few years ago, is the idea of sharing weaknesses that the audience […]
Thinking through your fingers
Reading Time: < 1 minI’ve shared a number of times on here that I write in order to think. To quote E.M. Forster, he once said “How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?“. Or when Blake Stratton shared this: Usually you think, “Oh, I know and therefore therefore I write,” it’s not always […]
Repetition is persuasive
Reading Time: < 1 minI’ve shared my love for repetition quite a few times on here, from two different angles, which I shared here a year ago. The two basic ideas are: In an episode of the “Founders” podcast that I recently heard, the host shared a great insight that compared repetition to faith, simply saying: “Repetition does not […]