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Disclaimer: Don’t take any financial advice from me and if you invest in anything I say you’ll probably lose all your money. Second Disclaimer: I own several different cryptocurrencies personally. So there’s my bias. Ok, now that we got that out of the way, I wanted to talk about crypto and the blockchain. If you’re […]
MoreIf you’ve followed any of my professional work over at Analytive over the past few weeks, you’ve undoubtedly seen my recent posts showing how little value most businesses get out of social media. It’s also made me wonder – how much value do people get out of social media? Are we really building deeper relationships? Or […]
MoreThe main question with taxes is: Do you think you or the government can spend your money in a way that’s more productive to society? I think I can. The government disagrees.
MoreThere’s a difference between teaching tools and teaching skills. Skills are focused on the outcome. Tools are focused on the process. In some fields, learning the tools is extremely valuable. Trades like electrical, engineering, plumbing, automotive, and other fields require a deep knowledge of tools. But tools change. If you want to be really good, you […]
MoreI used to think you couldn’t study leadership. I made fun of the people who were leadership majors. But I’ve changed my tune – a little. I’m still convinced you can’t study leadership. But you can study aspects of leadership. Things like: Communication Empathy Public speaking Writing Dreaming Vision casting Focus Motivation Encouragement And that’s […]
MoreIn order to be noticed, you have to be the best in the world. Let me rephrase that – you have to be the best in your world. That means, if you build websites, you have to figure out how to be the best that: Your customer knows Your customer can afford Your customer wants to […]
MoreEvery month or so, I stop and ask myself: “If money, time, talent, and resources were no object, what would be the top 2-3 things I would change in my life?” This is a great question because it moves me out of the “status quo” of life and helps me think bigger. And the truth […]
MoreHalf the battle in anything worth doing is just showing up. Show up day after day. Month after month. Decide to make a difference at all times. If it’s worth pursuing, keep showing up. Sure, change your strategy. Adjust your course. But if you want it to work, just keep showing up.
MoreAs a rule, we don’t ask very good questions. This is true in relationships. It’s true in business. It’s true in reporting. The way we ask the first few questions of any conversation can drive the conversation forward or kill it in its tracks. I’d never heard anyway address these issues quite so thoroughly as […]
MoreIf you read the news lately, reporters talk about how Apple is now feeling “the pressure”. In case you’re not caught up on the conversation, the FBI put pressure on Apple to unlock an iPhone. Apple said no. FBI took Apple to court. Meanwhile, the FBI figured out how to unlock the phone themselves and dropped […]
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