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Building ideas is like playing with Legos. It’s not like playing Jenga. Your ideas are the blocks. Putting them together is the execution. The nice thing about Legos … You can build one thing, take it apart and build something completely different. You have the flexibility to innovate and pivot. You can go back […]
[Continue reading…]It’s easy to get caught up in writing something well. We worry about each piece being laid properly. The concern is that everything else will tumble down if we don’t do it right. This presents a problem. You become a slave to the form instead of the servant to your idea. I can always […]
[Continue reading…]What if I fail? One the most common reason we don’t take action is the fear of “what if”. What if they say no What if it doesnt go well What if they don’t like me What if they ask questions and I don’t know the answer What if I look dumb Here are […]
[Continue reading…]We think in pictures. If someone asks you to think of a million dollars, you think of a pile of cash or a filled out check. There might be some language written on the check … but the language is part of a picture. There’s a simple reason for this. Language isn’t real. Words […]
[Continue reading…]We were talking about what a great team we would be. I’d be the idea person. She’d be the doer … making the ideas happen. She is the doer. I need to do a lot more to make my ideas compared to how I thought it’d be. At least more than just speak them. […]
[Continue reading…]I was on my way out the door this morning. Jen grabbed me. She took me by my shoulders. She put me square in front of her. She looked me dead in the eye. And started speaking. “Thank you for getting Ellie up this morning and starting to feed her.” “Thank you for taking […]
[Continue reading…]I get lost in the act of wishing. I wish I played tennis more. I wish I were more extroverted. I wish I played guitar better. I wish I did a better job of marketing this blog. I wish those jeans I got a couple of years ago weren’t so tight. I wish I were […]
[Continue reading…]Shawshank Redemption was nearing the end. I watched Red travel on the bus going to Fort Hancock, Texas. It struck me. No one on that bus was listening to a Walkman, iPod, reading something on their phone or tablet. It was a long, quiet ride from Maine to Texas. A bit over 30 years ago, Sony […]
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