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Category Archives: Business
Money Is Not Wealth
Imagine if you suddenly had the power to make anything you thought about appear in front of you. *Juicy Steak* Zap. A sizzling, pink New York with a great crust on your kitchen table. *Rolls Royce* Boom. Brand new Phantom … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Money, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Business, Capitalism, Money, Paul Graham, Wealth, Zero-Sum
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How To Befriend Anyone
When Ben Franklin was running for Clerk of the General Assembly, one of his colleagues delivered a speech to the legislature skewering him. This was a problem, because this was a guy Franklin couldn’t afford to just start a feud … Continue reading
You CAN Argue With Success
Arguing with failure is pretty tough. By definition, there’s nothing left to argue with. It’s dead. You can argue about failure, who’s to blame, or what caused this or that to happen, but there’s usually not a whole lot to … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Dell, Failure, Inspiration, Rockefeller, Seth Godin, Steve Jobs, Success
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Skill Rot, or Why You Shouldn’t Learn That
It’s not like riding a bike: you can’t hop right back on and it doesn’t come back easily, even though you still might end up getting your groin impaled by the contraption you’re trying to control. Skill rot is what … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Future, Planning, Pursuing Mastery, Rot, Skill
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Look Better and Get Better By Culling
It’s important to go back and review your old work. Just a little time away from it and you can look at it with fresh eyes. Enough time away from it and you can look at it with someone else’s … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Photography, Self-Improvement
Tagged Bad, Creativity, Cull, Improvement, Old, Review, Skill, Work
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The Tipping Point Is Bullshit
The concept of “the tipping point” has been bastardized. People now seem use the expression to mean that there’s some sort of silver bullet or fatal flaw. If you could just do this one thing, or eliminate this one flaw, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Productivity, Self-Improvement
Tagged Improvement, Incremental Change, Malcolm Gladwell, Results, Success, Tipping Point
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Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late: Define Your Priorities Now
Some good advice about priorities from Clayton Christensen over at the HBR: Over the years I’ve watched the fates of my HBS classmates from 1979 unfold; I’ve seen more and more of them come to reunions unhappy, divorced, and alienated … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Business, Food For Thought, Quotes, Relationships
Tagged Family, Goal, HBR, Priorities, relationships, Time
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Your Brand Is Irrelevant
Branding has been tremendously valuable over the last 100 years or so. Even during the last five or ten years, pundits have been telling people to turn themselves into brands. Brands are identifiable, they stand for something, they signify quality. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Persuasion, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Access, Art, Branding, Brands, Business, Marketing, Persuasion, Relevance
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If You Can Easily Describe What You Do, You’re Fucked
If you’re hanging out with the spouse of someone who is very successful, it’s hilarious to ask them what their spouse does. Most of the time, they have no idea. They’ll know what field he’s in, “uh… she works with … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Future, Inspiration, Money, Self-Improvement
Tagged Career, Creativity, Economy, Factory, Future, Job
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Focus On Your Core Principle to Make Decisions And Beat Procrastination
I finished reading Made To Stick last week, which is fantastic and highly recommended for anyone who does anything creative, anything that requires communication, or anything related to sales (so… pretty much everyone). One of the biggest things that’s stuck … Continue reading
The Small Change in Perception That Can Change Your Life
Who has a higher tolerance for pain: those who experience an acute injury, lots of pain at one time, or those who constantly suffer from pain? The answer is counter-intuitive, and the potential reason is fascinating. Dan Ariely has found … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Rationality, Self-Improvement
Tagged Dan Ariely, Drive, Goal, Inspiration, Motivation, Rationality, Success, Upside of Irrationality
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How to Beat Procrastination, Maintain Balance and Avoid Burnout
How do Olympic athletes train for the biggest event of their lives? What separates the top tennis players in the world from those that are merely world class? A big part of it is what they don’t do. If you … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Productivity, Quotes, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Burnout, Power of Full Engagement, Procrastination, Productivity, Techniques, Work Life Balance
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How To Get Anyone To Help You Do Anything
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.†– Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Posted in Advice, Business, Food For Thought, Negotiation, Persuasion, Quotes, Rationality, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Motivation, Negotiation, Persuasion, Productivity, Quotes
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How To Meet Your Heroes and Win Mentors
Have you noticed that little kids can do just about anything they want? There’s a mountain of stories about young kids getting an audience with some business or government leader simply because they wrote a letter. Successful people, and people … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Persuasion, Productivity, Quotes, Rationality, Relationships, Self-Improvement
Tagged Communication, Hero, Language, Meeting, Mentor, Never Eat Alone, relationships, Seth Godin
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The Problem With Beginning
The problem with starting any new creative endeavor is that you’re going to suck at it. Even when you become a professional, depending on your field, most of your work is still going to suck. There’s a terrible irony at … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-Improvement, Style
Tagged Finishing, Ira Glass, Produce, Quitting, Taste, Work
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