More productive e-mailing: Move it from “push” to “pull”
Think differently about how — and how quickly — you access email. Continue Reading
Fundamental Explainers
This is my blanket category for the site; it’s an attempt to explain a concept in a deeper way.
The future of work: Is your manager orthopraxic or orthodox?
For a while, I was thinking that the essence of “future of work” discussions was this whole maximizer vs. satisficer issue. That means you can either have a hard-driving, professionalism-demanding, results-oriented boss who wants perfection (a maximizer) or someone who is… Continue Reading
Increase productivity, contentment: Seek the ‘Four-Way Win’
I almost titled this “Increase productivity, happiness…” but then I remembered happiness is bullshit and one should chase contentment, so I re-titled it. There are six million and five approaches to being more productive and more happy — entire sections… Continue Reading
Here are the 10 cities with the largest share of young adults
People love to breathlessly discuss “the cities of the future” or “where the young people are headed,” and goddamn hand to some deity, I am no exception. I’ve written about people moving away from coasts, the best cities for jobs… Continue Reading
No CMO + listen better = $1 billion company in 2 years. Believe in this.
I wrote about Slack maybe a year ago; at the time, it was essentially a total throw-away post. I had seen something on a business website and decided, “Oh, that sounds interesting.” Broadly, these work applications really interest me —… Continue Reading
… that time I accidentally went to a Low-Testosterone doctor, though…
Pretty recently moved to Fort Worth (little over six months at this point), and since I figure I’m not the healthiest person of all-time, I wanted to go get a physical. It’s actually pretty amazing how ridiculously hard it is… Continue Reading
You can ignore an ad. You can’t ignore a relationship.
This should be the future of how brands try to reach people. It might take a while, though. Continue Reading
Likability: 13 Traits To Work On
At the core of most relationships is this idea of likability. Very few people are friends with, or do business with, people they don’t actually like (or generally enjoy the presence of). There is something to be said for the… Continue Reading