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Three Lessons for Non-Technical Founders
Non-Technical founders can navigate the initial challenges of a startup as much as anyone else but it's never easy - so here are three tips to help re-orient what you think you know.
Analyzing the Competition
Why is is important to analyze the competition? Anytime I hear someone say, \"we don't have any competition,\" I know two things. First, they are defining competition incorrectly. Second, they're in for trouble when it comes to growth. It's why I think it's critical to spend consistent and continued effort analyzing the competition. But why...
Are You Learning The Wrong Lesson?
That Time I Got Caught Shoplifting I had a tiny allowance growing up. It's not like I needed the money for anything. I'm talking about pre-driving age. So the money was just for fun stuff and snacks. But I felt like it wasn't enough. The first time I stole something, I walked into a supermarket...
Life is Poker not Chess
Life is Poker not Chess. The entire day today I've had this sentence running thru my head. \"Life is poker, not chess.\" It's because I'm reading Annie Duke's Thinking in Bets again. I read it when it first came out, and I'm going thru it again because she put to words a framing I use...
On Perfectionism
I don't know when it happened. Or rather, I don't know when things changed. I clearly remember a time when the internal monologue in my head was negative every time I failed. And I clearly recognize that today that voice doesn't make its way into my stream of consciousness. So at some point it went...
Our Instincts are Wrong
Are Your Instincts Serving You? Imagine that you and I are sitting in the living room, hanging out. And suddenly you hear a small sound - a knocking of sorts. Then it's a bit of a sliding sound. I...
When Experience Betrays Us
Can we talk about expertise for a second? In fact, more specifically, I'd like to talk about the problem with expertise. There is some great research by Gary Klein, which he shares in his book The Power of Intuition. It's not unlike what you may have read already in books like Blink and others that...
The Emails You Need to Sell Coaching
Are you starting to sell coaching services? In the last few weeks I've spoken to a couple of folks that are looking to sell coaching services. Additionally, I've discovered folks in the WordPress ecosystem that are adding coaching to what they do (that I didn't know about). All of that is great. I believe there's...
Teaching Soft Skills: How to Develop Your Team
What are soft skills and why are they important? Few things are harder than teaching soft skills - because there are no simple curriculums or solutions. But I have a framework that helps. Before I introduce you to it, let's agree on what skills I'm talking about. Do these skills look familiar? Are they important...
Focus on What You Do Best
What's your one thing? Remember when I told you that success often meant taking a corner in someone's mind? I called it taking a corner. But I didn't exactly tell you how to do it, other than to focus on your one thing. I'm not Jack Palance, and maybe you've not seen City Slickers, but...
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