The year

If you left for the year, what would you miss?

  • The same special events?
  • The same festivals?
  • The same anniversaries and birthdays?

Sounds like a lot of the same.

Where do you wanna go?

Electric effect

Want to understand the culture, worldview and traditions of any group of individuals?

Imagine their life without electricity.

  • No lights.
  • No air conditioning.
  • No refrigeration.

For most, that was just 100 years ago. For some, that’s still life today.

Now, their demeanor, work ethic, and eating habits make a little more sense, right?

Expect

When you show up every day, what do you expect?

  • To win?
  • To have fun?
  • To inspire?
  • To learn?
  • To grow?
  • To build?
  • To sell?

Figure it out.

Otherwise, the opposite of each is what you can expect.

It’s not too late

You’re not handcuffed to your job.

You’re not bound to a fraternity.

You’re not too old.

There’s no deadline on living your life the way you want.

The Office Chair Problem

For a while, I’ve struggled with office chairs.

Ultimately, I know I should sit on them less and will have my problem solved.

Alas, I have some computer-heavy days and am stuck with the following options.

  1. Use a kitchen-table-style chair. (No arm rests, no wheels, no height adjustment.)
  2. Use an exercise ball. (Same as above, although slightly more lateral mobility.)
  3. Setup a standing desk. (Probably best for my body. And would work great some days. But a writer’s gotta sit.)
  4. Buy an office chair from a big box store. (Over-priced, poorly built and surprisingly uncomfortable.)
  5. Buy an $800 Herman Miller office chair. (Satisfies all the above problems, but is outrageously priced.)

(TLDR: As I’m writing this, I could see the same argument being made for Vitamix. And, as I look at the Herman Miller website, I see their company history is very similar my partner from Olmsted Township, Ohio. Early 1900s, USA-based, basically one product. So, my forthcoming conclusion to this post will either be hypocritical or, perhaps prophetical on a couple levels.)

My solution?

Ask the world to create a market-disrupting office chair company similar to what Tuft and Needle is doing for mattresses.

Someone please do this.

I will advise, invest, and promote as needed.

The world needs this office chair problem solved.

Thanks,
Lenny

Car radio

You can drive with the radio on.

Or, you can think. You can converse. You can be at peace.

Your call.

Startup

If you want to start a business, there are three steps.

  1. Pick a problem. (Notice I didn’t say “find a problem.” There should be plenty of things that bring you pain that shouldn’t.)
  2. Fix the problem.
  3. Remind yourself and your customers of the problem you set out to fix.

This startup I stumbled upon does just that.

I cannot wait to hire them to fix my mattress buying problem.

Lenses

Your cell phone can take beautiful videos. You can capture the world from your perspective in full HD.

You can share those videos.

To him. To her. To everyone.

Just don’t forget to enjoy the sights yourself.

Because wisdom is not gained through any lens on a phone; only the lenses on your face.