Early in my career I had a seemingly endless supply of energy to throw at ideas. If I wasn’t sure how to do something I could be sure that through hard work and time I could figure it out. This worked for many things, and was a huge boon
Likes, subscriber numbers, revenue, analytics, these are all proxies for feedback loops. They help give you a sense of whether the thing you’re doing is resonating with people. They’re helpful, worth studying, but also come with a price. Focusing too much on these can drain you, leave you
One day you work with someone on a project. Things go well, the project wraps up, and you go your separate ways. Years later someone asks for their help on something and they remember you, and reach out to see if you’re available. This is how connection happens. Someone
As a followup to my complaints on good editing software for my writing process, I’m wondering if I’m thinking about this whole thing the wrong way. Maybe instead of counting on software, I should listen to my own words and just edit what I’m writing more closely.
Some actors and athletes watch their tapes. They review everything they did to understand and improve. They want to see their performance and find a way to take it forward. That’s a good thing. Others, though, and somewhat famously don’t (until they do). In some areas of my
Something strange is starting to happen as a result of all my writing. I don’t want to naval gaze too much since that’s not why you’re here, but I find this part interesting enough to share. Because I’ve been writing posts on lots of topics that
A friend and I have been testing a new format for a podcast recently. I haven’t written about it yet because it’s still been in the playing around territory. But 35 episodes in and I think we might be on to something. Instead of getting together live and
Each day has a limit. Sometimes you can predict when you've hit it, but more often than not you're surprised. You thought you could do more, thought there was more time, more energy, more of something. But then the end of the day approaches and you
Recently, our family went on a cruise in the Caribbean with friends. I opted not to pay for internet or cell phone reception for most of the trip. We did have limited Wi-Fi at times, but it wasn't good enough to rely on. This forced us back
Spend enough time at any organization, and you’ll start to fall into the trap of speaking in jargon. Whether it’s acronyms or initialisms, we love to throw around terms that define a whole host of sub-ideas. A sentence composed of industry terms can be incredibly dense and
This is a question we ask of everyone in an organization. We want to place them, figure out the walls that makeup who they are and what they do as opposed to others. But, in almost all cases, it’s not that clear. A designer might also code. A programmer
On a recent episode of We Can Do Hard Things, Nov. 19, the guest shared an idea that's stuck with me. Living involves human entanglement, being connected with others through messy, imperfect, wonderful threads. Our greatest joys and discouragements come from those around us, those we live with,