What are you avoiding?
As part of my “chains” work, and on the advice of Jerry, I’ve added a new, 2 minute exercise to my daily routine. I ask myself: “What are you avoiding” I take some time to write a response in evernote, and then I ask: “Why are you avoiding it?” I’m only a few days in […]
The magic wand – do overs
Several years ago I taught an undergraduate class in business leadership at Queens College. From the beginning I had, what to the students seemed a revolutionary policy: You always got a chance to re-write your essay. If you didn’t like the grade you got the first time, you could incorporate my suggested changes (or not) […]
random thoughts on being an entrepreneur | gapingvoid
22. One successful entrepreneur I know well has a wonderful quality, namely that he never, ever compares himself to other people. He just does his own thing, which actually serves him rather well. Just because his competitor has bought himself a bigger motor boat, doesn’t mean he feels the need have a bigger motor boat. […]
The Way I Work: Paul English of Kayak, Page 2
We work really hard for 40 to 45 hours a week, but we believe in people having strong personal lives. Over the past six years, there have been maybe five times I’ve spoken with Steve before 8 a.m., after 5 p.m., or on the weekend. via inc.com It’s so tempting as an entrepreneur to think […]
Great quote from Seth Godin
It’s so tempting to start drawing maps for people. It makes them happy and it makes me feel smart. But resisting that temptation is the right thing to do, because once someone does it on their own a few times, they become unstoppable. Watching that change occur is one of the highlights of my professional […]
Anxiety
Image via Wikipedia There’s been some anxious moments the last few weeks in the startup I’m working on. It’s the typical fears that you deal with in this stage of a startup (basically, what if we fail?). I’ve been deep down this fearful road before, but this time it feels different. I’ve been able to watch […]
2009 to 2010 thoughts
Image by bitzcelt via Flickr We are now less than one week away from the end of 2009, and the first decade of the 2000’s. As I look back on 2009, there are a lot of great lessons, ups and downs, victories, and losses, but ultimately a significant amount of progress in my life. Life […]
Op-Ed Columnist – The New Untouchables – NYTimes.com
Those who are waiting for this recession to end so someone can again hand them work could have a long wait. Those with the imagination to make themselves untouchables — to invent smarter ways to do old jobs, energy-saving ways to provide new services, new ways to attract old customers or new ways to combine […]
JFDI
Image by makoworks via Flickr I stumbled on to this great blog post by @msuster talking about what it takes to be an entrepreneur. His post can be summarized in four letters, JFDI, which stands for Just F**King Do It. Entrepreneurs make fast decisions and move forward knowing that at best 70% of their decisions […]
How far are you willing to go?
Image via Wikipedia I’ve had the pleasure of having front row seats to watch my friend Jason develop his business Jackthreads (check it out, it’s a private shopping community) over the last 4 or so years. Things are going very well for Jason now as his membership and revenue numbers continue to explode month over […]