Reading Time: < 1 min Over the years I’ve seen ones character compared to reputation, personality, and other related areas. Different sources have slightly different takes on what each one means, but I love how Adam Grant separated “character” and “personality” in his book “Hidden Potential“. He had two good thoughts that I really liked. The first one was: “Character […]
Writing doesn’t begin with a blank page
Reading Time: 2 min If you know you need to write something and you’re struggling with where to start, a big blank page sitting in front of you can be very intimidating. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. For me, notes are the key. Before I sit down to write anything, I already have a few notes […]
The Sunday Summary: Serendipity, great questions, and the use of AI in schools
Reading Time: < 1 min In 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, March 18: The Serendipity VehicleSerendipity often comes out of nowhere, but there are ways to encourage it to come around a bit more often. Tue, March 19: Swipe […]
Reading a book with blog posts in mind
Reading Time: < 1 min With almost every book that I read, I read with the intention of digging in deep and then blog posts just happen to come out of it. A good example of that was Adam Grant’s “Think Again“, where I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book, and it just happened to generate a number of great ideas […]
The long climb of an obsession on quality
Reading Time: 2 min I’ve mentioned the excellent “Acquired” podcast on here a few times (including learning as leverage and average advice), as it’s a fantastic show. I’m relatively new to it, but over the last year or so there are a lot of people that are new to it. Case in point, here is their growth over the […]
That’s a great question
Reading Time: < 1 min When I’m in a group or doing a Q&A after a talk, and someone asks a question I’ll often respond with “that’s a great question” as I begin to unpack it. However, in Michael Port’s book “Steal the Show“, he thinks that’s a very bad idea: Never say, “That’s a great question!” I rarely say […]
Schools need to understand AI
Reading Time: 2 min Over the past few weeks I’ve talked to handful of high school students about how AI is being treated at their schools, and the results are largely disappointing (though somewhat understandable). Ultimately, I have three main takeaways from the conversations. Schools are scared of AI The general thought from the schools is “No AI for […]
Swipe right on Android to see why Google is heading the wrong way
Reading Time: 3 min Google is no longer the darling that it once was. While it’s still clearly a huge, powerful and (generally) helpful company, it’s trending the wrong way. Business Insider compares Google to lumbering giants like IBM, and last year I shared how Google’s treatment of RSS ended up being horrible for the health of the internet […]
The Serendipity Vehicle
Reading Time: 2 min Serendipity is one of those things that just seems to kind of happen on its own, similar to luck. However, just like luck, you can do things to make those random bits of serendipity happen more often. David Perell feels that writing can be the best kind of networking, and I tend to agree. In […]
The Sunday Summary: High ranking blogs, crypto scams, and finding the nuance in the middle
Reading Time: < 1 min In 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, March 11: Just do itIf I take the time to think “should I work out today?” or “should I blog today?”, the answer might be no. Instead, I […]