Reading Time: 2 min We hear a lot about how “no one ever changed their mind because of a Facebook post”, something that I’ve disagreed with for years. While it’s very unlikely that a Facebook post will change my mind, if someone that I trust and respect posts something contrary to my beliefs, I will dig in to understand […]
Encouragement
What are you good at that other people find difficult?
Reading Time: < 1 min A few days ago I was listening to an episode of “Art of Investing” where they interviewed David Senra. David had a lot of great insights, largely about what makes his own “Founders” podcast tick, but one that stood out was this quote: “There is something that everybody in here is good at that other […]
What the web is versus what we want it to be
Reading Time: 2 min In recently listening to a podcast from Gary Vaynerchuk, I realized how differently him and I see the world. While I respect what he does, and I follow a lot of his advice, it comes from a different direction. In particular, Gary provides a ton of great ideas on how to generate increasingly large amounts […]
Bad days are better measures than good ones
Reading Time: < 1 min We’ve all heard the phrase “if you can’t handle me at my worst, you don’t deserve me at my best“, but it seems to me to be more of a red flag than actual advice. How someone behaves “at their worst” is often what matters the most. A few years ago I talked about people […]
Time traveling through your notes
Reading Time: 2 min I’ve only been taking solid daily notes for about four years now; that may sound like a lot, but compared to many folks it’s not much at all. One of those that has been doing this far longer than I have is Ryan Holiday, some of whose books you’ve likely read. He recently shared how […]
You control the pen
Reading Time: < 1 min I recently read the excellent book “Banana Ball“, the story of the Savannah Bananas baseball team. I was well-aware of the team, but have yet to attend a game and the book was fantastic. One part of the book talked about the Negro baseball league and how it was always underappreciated. It’s been more appreciated […]
Work-life balance versus simple tolerance
Reading Time: 2 min Work-life balance is one of those things that can be interpreted in many different ways. Generally speaking, I find that balance not to be in a perfect 9-5, 50/50 kind of way, but in balancing the various parts of your life as needed. Last year I shared Rory Vaden’s thought on this, where he said: […]
Grateful in the macro and the micro
Reading Time: 2 min When you ask someone what they’re grateful for, you often get the same kinds of things – health, family, friends, etc. Those are all wonderful things, and we should all be grateful for them, but being grateful for smaller things can sometimes have a bigger impact. In a recent episode of “My First Million”, the […]
Do you want to write more? Do nothing.
Reading Time: 2 min Writing can be difficult. There are times when you know it needs to be done but you just don’t want to do it (or you don’t have any ideas, or some other excuse). Neil Gaiman, author of dozens of popular books, has an excellent solution that’s served him well. When it’s time to write, he […]
Fewer goals in 2024
Reading Time: 2 min One of the most impactful videos I watched this year was Emmanuel Acho’s TED talk on goal setting, as I shared here. More specifically, it was his talk about not setting as many goals. As I mentioned in that previous post, this is something I’ve done for a while anyhow and it was great to […]