Day 184 – The Impact of Daily Writing – Part 1
This is the 2,286th article I have written in a row since I started on January 7th, 2018. I make a note of this because I had to deal with an archiving issue last night that was an annoying disruption to my process. This caused me to have to go back and re-index several articles […]
Day 183 – The Basics will Kill You
This post is a reminder that you cannot skip the basics. If you ignore the basics, then they will wait quietly in the background and then sneak up slowly and stab you in the back when you are the least prepared. Am I being too dramatic? I do not think so. We think we are […]
Day 182 – The Company Does Not Make the List
Once upon a time, I was at an executive retreat for a large company. We were performing one of those exercises you would expect at a retreat. Working on our corporate values. This has always struck me as odd, companies having values, but here we were, spending the afternoon discussing and contemplating the current value […]
Day 181 – One Macro to Rule them All
In the world of nutrition, we focus a lot on the three big macros: Protein, Fat, andCarbohydrates. There’s a lot of discussion regarding the benefits and disadvantages of themand considerable advice on what quantity to consume depending on what you’re trying toachieve. For most of us, we just want to manage them well enough to […]
Day 180 – Do You Have A Pledge?
There was a time in our society when being part of more than one club was a regular part of life. You can still see remnants of this, as you will see the occasional rotary club sign, or something similar. When I was growing up, I would often be brought to one of these clubs […]
Day 179 – Value Comes After Commitment
A decent idea executed well is infinitely more valuable than any number of ideas that are never attempted. Through the course of my career, I have seen this concept repeat over and over. While many of us sit around debating the merits of an idea, there will be one person who takes an idea and […]
Day 178 – Where Innovation is Found
Embracing Paradigm Shifts: The Path to Disruptive Innovation One of my favorite books that I picked up during my college days was Thomas Kuhn’s “Structure of Scientific Revolutions.” Although there are many powerful concepts in this book, the most significant for me is the concept of how paradigms shift in the scientific community. Kuhn references […]
Day 177 – Art of Decision-Making
The Undervalued Skill of Decision-Making Throughout most of my life, I have undervalued the skill of making decisions. I have not considered the significant impact that decision processing has on my time. Nor have I really considered the challenges I face when not making decisions in a timely fashion. How often are you delayed or […]
Day 176 – A Few Key Tips on Listening
The Undervalued Art of Listening We all have heard and probably believe listening to others is a good idea. We need to listen more and talk less, is a phrase that you hear a lot. From time to time, you will see sage advice from great leaders about speaking fewer words and taking in more […]
Day 175 – The Best Time is Spent on the Front End
The Power of First Impressions in Decision Making People make decisions very quickly. We are designed that way. We have this incredible ability to accurately determine whether something is good for us or not. We instinctively know through eons of precise neuro connectivity if something will produce the desired results. The rest of our time […]