Before you start an email, meeting, invitation, task, project, phone call, do this:
Figure out your objective.
You’ll get that thing done so much faster, better and with less friction.
And, who doesn’t want that?
Category Archives: Life
On selling online
There’s two kinds of products you can sell online.
- Products that (claim to) help you make money.
- Everything else.
You can push the former really hard. The latter, however, requires the opposite approach.
The ultra-soft sell.
Who’s the one
Who’s the one person you owe the most for shaping your career?
This is an important question.
And if you don’t know the answer almost immediately, you might want to start looking.
Make the bed?
When you’re staying in a hotel, remember this:
You don’t have to not make your bed.
Of course, housekeeping will make it while you’re away.
But it’s your early-morning, quick win if you want it.
What should we do tonight?
I don’t remember dinners. Or ball games. Or happy hours.
Yeah, they’re fun.
But so are concerts.
And I remember ALL of those.
Leadership in a nutshell
Give all the credit.
Take all the blame.
People SHINE when they know this is what they can expect.
Days of your life
How you spend your days is how you spend your life.
Since reading that (here), I can’t get it out of my head.
Just wow.
Or are you?
Smokers. Gamblers. Drinkers. Liars. Cheaters.
You see them and know.
You’re glad.
You’re not one of them.
Or are you?
I really shouldn’t
It wouldn’t be right.
It’s not my place.
I really shouldn’t.
So I won’t.
Good day.
What contract?
This friend.
That service.
This box.
That newsletter.
This tool.
That software.
Nothing’s under contract.
If they’re not making your life better, richer, or more joyous, let ’em go.
Nothing’s under contract.