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Only Effort Belongs to You, Not Outcome
This has got to be one of the most liberating realizations in business: your effort belongs to you. The outcome does not. This statement is not excuse to lower your standards. Quite the opposite. It is an invitation to direct your energy where it can actually make a difference. You decide whether you prepare thoroughly,…
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Easy Is a Narcotic That Weakens Your Choices into Bondage
On the promotion page for his new book, Choose Hard, Live Easy – The Art of War for Decision, Making MJ DeMarco makes this bold statement: Easy is a narcotic that weakens your choices into bondage. It seduces you into a life of debt, depression and disease while promising comfort. But there is a way…
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Beware of Inertia
Have you ever walked into a room looking for something and forgotten why you entered? For a moment, you stand there trying to reconstruct your original purpose. You moved and are now standing in the room yet somewhere along the way, you forgot your reason for being there in the first place. Organizations can experience…
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Agreement Does Not Guarantee Alignment
Agreement and alignment are often used interchangeably, but they describe very different conditions. Agreement is relatively simple. It occurs when people arrive at a common position or decision. A proposal is accepted. A contract is signed. A partnership is formed. A strategy is approved. Agreement answers the question: Do we support this? Alignment is something…
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How Do You Get More Likes on LinkedIn?
I have no freaking idea. Seriously. Three hundred-plus posts later, I have managed to move from getting zero likes on some posts to perhaps a fairly consistent four or five. If you’re looking for an algorithm expert, this is probably where you should stop reading. I’m not complaining though. At least, not anymore. As human…
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Welcome to Wonderland: Navigating Absurdity and Disproportion in the Corporate World
Micropsia and macropsia are neurological phenomena that alter a person’s perception of reality. In micropsia, objects appear smaller than they actually are. In macropsia, they appear larger. The object itself has not changed. Reality remains intact. What changes is the brain’s interpretation of what it sees. These perceptual distortions are associated with what is now…
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Running a business is a lot like the Netflix survival series Outlast
Every day presents a new challenge. You wake up not entirely sure what you’re going to face. A client delays payment. A key employee leaves. A proposal you were counting on goes nowhere. A competitor makes a move you didn’t anticipate. Something that should have taken a week takes a month. You make plans, but…
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