I trust you. I trust you. I trust you. A friend sent this voice message to me this morning. Slow. Steady. And after the second time I knew a third time would come. He said it to me, as someone else said I trust you to him, and it resonated …
We tend to forget that communication is at its best when it’s voluntary. Spontaneous. Authentic. We often say “we need to” when we talk about promoting something, creating engagement, building a community. Like there’s a overarching goal. Although, what we actually intend to say is “we want to”.
If you start your day, working on things that are on the list, and end it with things that are on the list: we call that devoted. If you start your day working on things that scream ‘important’ but aren’t on the list, and end your day with things that …
What of today’s work is remembered tomorrow? And what of tomorrow’s reality are dreams that you’ve acted upon today? A lot of what we do is not on the list, stop doing that and start doing your work.
A great definition of culture is the following: People like us do things like this. But what’s the definition of a community? I like the following definition: People like us show up doing things like this. De essential difference roots in showing up, doing. A culture is a group of. …
Last week I drove in my car, jam after jam. My Waze kept pushing the time, as the ride proceeded. Waze should know what’s the fastest way right? We tend to forget that algorithms are mostly right, because they can analyse information and decide much faster than a human brain …
What if every meeting we started, we agreed upon the top 3 values we would have for that meeting? Let me do a suggestion: Stick to the topic at hand Make progress Be positive
When I asked Seth to elaborate on making progress every day (referring to shipping his blog every day for numerous years now), he was resolutely, and his answer was certainly remarkable. I wrote it down below, let the text speak for itself.. “Every single day, I get to do this …
Some guidelines for focused work, in no particular order. The task at hand must be doable A set timespan, max 30 minutes, or 60 with a 5 break No distraction of a phone/smartphone The task must be simple, don’t mistake this, it may be complex or hard A clear goal …
If you want feedback, gather it when you’re done. Don’t ask for feedback on half products. It may be a page of a book. A minute of video. A sentence of a blog. It doesn’t always have to be the final product. But it has to be a shippable part. …