Entrepreneurs often behave like a middle schooler with a crush.
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The antidote to desperation
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation - Thoreau Do most live lives of quiet desperation? If so, why? Are they quiet because they lack a voice? Or do they not know how to speak? What is the source of the desperation? Is it due to a lack of a path forward? Or...
Recommended Reads from Q3
A few of my favorite reads from the past few months.
Career satisfaction rests on organizational culture
And for leaders, your business's success does too Photo by Adrian Dascal on Unsplash I am consistently amazed how much can be outsourced. There are vendors today that can do almost anything you may possibly need or want your business to...
10 Suggested Rules When Using PowerPoint in Public
Microsoft Word's inadequacy has turned Powerpoint into a document creation tool and a presentation tool. Chaos has ensued PowerPoint was originally designed to share information in a 'slide' format, and ostensibly can still do so. Gone are the days of a professor...
Beware “Stuff Debt”
Even if we can afford the first cost, the second and third costs can become an expensive ‘debt’ on our life's balance sheet. Photo by Darwin Vegher on Unsplash Minimalism have been intriguing to me for well over a decade (see “Can a book lover ever be a...
Where we work? Reimagining Organizations an Age of Skepticism
Nothing is possible without men, but nothing lasts without institutions. - Jean Monnet Photo by Ethan on Unsplash It is a classic trope of Christmas movies for characters to discuss when they stopped believing in Santa. The 'adults' of the 90s classic...
The old guy at the gym phenomenon
Enthusiasm, without focus or form, is more dangerous than beneficial Photo by Victor Freitas on Unsplash Traveling a decent amount for work is full of unexpected side effects. One of the more common is working out in a lot of different gyms with a wide...
Service has a reputation problem.
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' Martin Luther King Jr Service has a reputation problem. On the one hand, sometime in the 1990s, “service” became another activity that someone could engage in. As a high schooler, we...
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