lessons-learned
I was chatting with some friends recently about making time to reflect on your life, and making time to really connect with close friends, digging into each other's lives. It stuck me that the concept of 'You need to work on your business, not just in your
productivity
You have a fixed amount of decision making each day (see Wired article, Conserve Your Willpower, It Runs Out), so it's incredibly valuable to automate the unimportant decisions so you can focus on the valuable ones. So carve out some time to reflect on what takes your time
photography
I recently wanted to copy a large set of photos (over 10,000) out of Apple Photos (Mac-based photo management application/database) and save them on a USB hard drive so I could import them to Google Photos (cloud-based photo management service). I did an export of all the photos
leadership
Have you ever noticed how when something is simplified enough that it doesn't intimidate people, people start to have a lot more opinions? It makes sense that people who aren't rocket scientists shouldn't make recommendations on rocket ship designs. But as complexity is reduced,
CIO
The military classifies some missiles as "fire and forget" because they don't need to be monitored after they are fired. Great leaders are like this -- their boss can give them an objective and know they don't need to follow up over and over
leadership
I've been working some long days recently, trying to balance some big projects at work. I love the excitement and intensity that comes from leading big change, whether it's setting up a new system or process, or chasing a big opportunity. But I often need to
productivity
Windows 7 has a great little utility, the Snipping Tool, hidden away where most users don't find it. If you click the Start button, and type in "snipping" it will show up as the the Snipping Tool. It lets you highlight an area of the screen
miscellaneous
- Mark Twain I read 2 great blog posts recently that make great points about the need for simplicity in designing a brand (relevant both to professional development (personal brand) and strategically growing a business). * HBR blog post "The disciplined pursuit of less" http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/
books
I recently read Education of Millionaires, which wasn't about at all what I expected but turned out to be a great read. It was a mix of: * Inspirational stories about people who created great lifestyles, often through startup companies, without impressive academic credentials * Identification of key skills to
miscellaneous
Now that I'm out of my twenties, I feel equipped to actually offer advice and I've been recently skimming Ramit Setih's personal finance book I Will Teach You to be Rich (under $3 on Kindle), which is packed with great advice. I feel fortunate
books
A few weeks back, I read most of Millionaire Mind (it's so freeing to realize that you don't have to finish books or read them in order -- thanks Mark and Bob) and was impressive with a couple of great concepts (Julien Smith summarized the book
productivity
The inaction and frustration that comes from feeling overwhelmed wastes energy and doesn't shrink your growing todo list. That's why making progress on the important action items is so key -- it's essential that you build some momentum, just take a bite-sized chunk out