My previously posted school of thought was focused on how to develop and wield your vision for your organization. Once that’s sorted, many managers want to focus on growing their people. Where the above school of thought was focused on building the best boat and recruiting the right rowers to Read more…
I wrote this as a google doc in 2020, and have shared it with many colleagues as an answer to their question “I’ve just been put in a leadership position. How do I do this?” So I’m sharing more publicly here. Every good leader of people has learned the lessons Read more…
A lot has been written about the importance of side projects, and creating dedicated time for them. Famously, Google has teams who spend 20% of their time on projects that are unrelated to their day-to-day jobs. The value of this is apparent: both Gmail and Adsense arose from said side Read more…
You are so close to death. This may not be obvious at first glance. But it’s a core tenant of stoic philosophy. We are all here for such a short period of time. No one will remember that we lived. Even celebrities of world-renown will be forgotten in 100,000 years. Read more…