The effective executive focuses on contribution. He looks up from his work and outward toward goals. He asks: “What can I contribute that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve?” His stress is on responsibility. – Peter Drucker Focusing on contribution has been the single thing that has helped me the most in my […]
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The glut of content created by the embrace of content marketing will make links and social signals more important than ever, creating an evolutionary arms race where the cost to compete is higher but competitors are no better off. Crowd-searching services which are meant to manipulate CTR will become popular. Won’t link to it, but you
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Seneca is one of the most well known Stoics, along with Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus. Reading Seneca was difficult at first but powerful upon getting used to the style of writing. It’s a group of letters written to one of his friends, but reads as life advice. This letter about learning/using quotes without knowing the
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This essay by William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies and countless other outstanding books, classifies people into three categories: Grade 3 Thinkers: 90% of the population that act on emotion and don’t use much logic Grade 2 Thinkers: Those that are able to point out and comprehend contradictions Grade 1 Thinkers: The few
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From The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done The output limits of any process are set by the scarcest resource. In the process we call “accomplishment,” this is time. Time is also a unique resource. Of the other major resources, money is actually quite plentiful. We long ago should have
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Want to learn how to start a successful business online? 1) Become absurdly good at something. Spend an obsessive amount of time reading everything you can about this service/product you’re offering. Read the top 5 books on Amazon about the topic, then read the next five. Follow industry news and read industry sources. Once you’re
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Is stop looking for the #1 singular secret for success! It doesn’t exist. There are no shortcuts. In life, business, or anything. You need to put in work in whatever it is you’re looking to improve. It takes 20 hours to learn a skill and 10,000 hours to master one (although some people think that’s a myth).
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Have you ever been on a conference call where there are 30 other people and wondered half way through why you bothered to dial in? I’ve found this rule to be incredibly productive: The more people that are attending the meeting, the less important it is for you to attend Easily saves me a few
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Learning from others that are where you want to be is one of the fastest ways to improve. What one man can do, another can do. As somebody who works in marketing, it’s enlightening to hear career advice from people who have had great success at a young age. Adage recently put out their ’40
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Kepner Tregoe provides an analysis framework to help you identify why things have happened. It’s a step by step process which is intended to prevent you from cutting corners and jumping to conclusions, while helping you determine the root cause of a given issue. I’ve taken their version and modified it a little to make
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