Small promises
It’s been five whole days since I quoted something from Seth Godin, so here’s something: we build trust by keeping our promises. Well-placed trust makes… Read More »Small promises
Stuart Patience
Setting the bar high
You’ve got to set the bar high too. Set the bar high in the big, important things: What am I working for? Who am I… Read More »Setting the bar high
Setting the bar low
If a job is too big, if standards are too high, it will never get done. It might never even get started. Setting the bar… Read More »Setting the bar low
Being prolific
How many ideas have you lost out of pure inertia? I don’t just mean all the ideas you’ve had that you never did anything about… Read More »Being prolific
A small thing that might be useful
Here’s a small thing that might be useful: a link (or better, if I can manage it, an embedded video) from Derek Sivers about getting on… Read More »A small thing that might be useful
Possibility: learning to see
This morning one of my sons was trying to put a new water bottle in a bottle holder: “It doesn’t fit.” I laughed at him,… Read More »Possibility: learning to see
No Guru
I love gurus. The feeling of hope and promise of new efficiency, productivity and meaning that a good one brings. Insights. Ideas. The catch is… Read More »No Guru
It’s not for you
It’s so easy to want everyone to love what we do. When we’re writing, we want everyone to think it’s great. In our work building… Read More »It’s not for you
Who is it for?
This is a lesson that I’ve been learning slowly, and for a long time. When presenting to a group or leading a training it’s easy… Read More »Who is it for?
One cigarette
Which smoke will kill you? According to a load of research, smoking just one cigarette a day does almost half the damage of smoking a… Read More »One cigarette