The most powerful statement in business is …
“I have a chance to see my strengths every day.” Now let me explain why.
The New Business: RIP, Product and Inventory
This shit may blow your mind. Consider: Uber is the world’s largest taxi company. It doesn’t own any vehicles. Facebook is the world’s largest media company. It doesn’t produce any of its own content. Alibaba is the world’s most valuable… Continue Reading
Why the fuck do we still call people “account managers?”
Deep thought from my fat ass at Pilates class this morning, as I struggled to do even 2-3 successful scissor movements: why exactly do we still call people in various organizations “account managers?” I understand what an “account manager” is,… Continue Reading
Iowa State, Baylor: Let’s talk about 14-over-3 seed NCAA Tournament upsets
Two three seeds lost in the first round of the first day of the first block of the NCAA Tournament earlier: Iowa State (who I had to the Final Four in some brackets) and Baylor. Since the switch to a… Continue Reading
So, factually maybe marriage is a dying institution
I probably write too much on here about “How Millennials Are Different From Baby Boomers And Other Generations,” (i.e. this post) and lo and behold, here-we-fucking-go-again. Here’s a post from Pew Research on generational shifts. You need to start by… Continue Reading
The Four Horsemen Of The Work Apocalypse Are…
Four aspects ruin work (and relationships, honestly) for people more than any other. What are they? Continue Reading
Gary Vaynerchuk annoys me, but he’s dead right about Twitter
I’ve never personally met Gary Vaynerchuk and I probably never will, although he does live in the same city as my parents (“… so you’re saying there’s a chance…”). He seems like maybe he’s a tad on the self-promotional side (regarding… Continue Reading
Inequality: Let’s talk about 95-20 ratios in U.S. cities
A “95-20 ratio” compares the income of the top five percent of a city (the rich, essentially) with the bottom 20 percent (the poor, essentially) across the 50 largest U.S. cities. If the ratio is very high, that means the… Continue Reading