Month: October 2021

  • When to Take a Risk

    There’s wisdom and there’s not taking a worthwhile risk because it might not pay off. “If a decision is reversible, the biggest risk is moving too slow. If a decision is irreversible, the biggest risk is moving too fast.” – James Clear

  • It’s Better to Be Consistently Good Than Intermittently Excellent

    “It’s better to be consistently good than intermittently excellent.” – Adam Grant

  • Use Energy in the Room, but Don’t Need It

    When speaking in public, learn to use the energy in a room without depending on it. When I first started speaking I was dependent on interaction from my audience to give me energy to fuel my speaking. Sometimes it was there, sometimes it wasn’t. You can’t depend on it. If you bring your own energy…

  • How Do You Come Back When You Fail?

    “When you do make a mistake or something bad happens to you, how are you going to come back from that?…How do you come back from a mistake?” – Dean Lister It’s easy to get knocked down by a mistake or circumstance and not get back up. Get back up. Figure out how to come…

  • Work On the Right Thing, Even When Slow.

    “The secret to being productive is to work on the right thing—even if it’s at a slow pace.” – James Clear

  • What’s The Story You Tell Yourself When You Fail?

    What’s the story you tell yourself when you fail?

  • Start Before You’re Ready

    10/11/21: The irony is that I didn’t post this because “I wasn’t ready”. We are risk adverse. Jump in before you’re ready. Ask for help. “I’ll figure it out.” Get outside your comfort zone. Failure is not the end, it’s a lesson for your future self. “Knowing what you know now, what will you do…

  • You Need a Fish Bowl

    Limitless choices or options cause paralysis. You need bounds or limitations. Therefore, you need a fish bowl.

  • Beware Adjectives

    I just wrote: “There’s a beginning phase where you basically have to take whatever work you can…”. Basically is entirely unnecessary. Adjectives can bolster your writing if used well but they tend to clutter your writing unnecessarily.

  • Questions

    Question everything. If there’s something you don’t understand, ask for clarification. If there’s a word you don’t know, look it up in the dictionary. “If you don’t understand a concept, break it down until you do. If you don’t know how something works, dig in until you do.” That’s how you learn. A great concept…