Where do you want to spend your time today?
photo by , I agree, we don’t have enough time to do all of the things we want to do. Here’s a thought exercise that might unblock you from that way of thinking. You need a map to point you…
Read more books (please)
Read a fiction book. Read a non fiction book. Read a cookbook or a comic book for all I care. Just spend more time reading. I should say that I am very much in favor of a good blockbuster movie,…
Make your commute into “go time”
This essay is a contribution to the Startup Edition essay project. See other essays here. At 7:30 every morning, where are you? Are you in traffic, or just getting into your car? The bus, the train, or the carpool can be…
There is always more work to do.
This post is part of the Startup Edition series on Enterpreneurship What’s on your To-Do List? Right now you have something else to do. Later today you will also have something else to do. And tomorrow you will have the…
Email, the Operating System for Life
Why you should bring your interactions to the place where people already spend their time. Email is the #1 Destination photo by Ryan Hoover published a great article the other day on the trend of using email as an…
What do great team members do?
“Don’t worry about, I’ll take care of it,” said my amazing team member on Friday night (props to @tcoffee). Just like that, a major roadblock to an upcoming project was gone and I didn’t have to do a thing. Great…
The “Thank You” Effect: Improving Service 1 Step at a Time
I’ve written here before about the effect that one person’s thank you had on me (thank you, Brad Feld!) I believe that “The Thank You Effect” is an example of a small action that prompts meaningful next steps to measurably…
A Year of Using a Standup Desk
I’ve been using a computer at a standup desk since April 2012 (almost a year.) When I first started using a standup desk, the key things that I noticed were that it was challenging to stand all day and that…
Do you use folders or apps on your smartphone?
Folders, or Apps? You spend most of your time with your smartphone. Do you spend any time thinking about how to arrange the information there so that every time you pick it up, you know where to find what you’re…
