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I Bought A New Pair of Headphones. Why Should You Care?
Sometimes my Sunday posts don't sound and feel like the rest... I write daily. And Sundays is always such a relaxing day that I think I'm in a different headspace than any of the other days of the week. But that doesn't mean I don't try to write something that will help you. Like today...
How Chris Lema uses ZipMessage for Coaching
Coaches should use ZipMessage There are a lot of cool products that are getting developed every day. Most of them feel cool for other people. I look. I like. But then I don't do much with them because they don't actually fit into my workflow and make things easier for me. But ZipMessage doesn't fall...
Are You Trying To Win? Or Just Not Lose?
I used to run a yearly innovation conference Years ago I worked for a company where, every year, we invited the top 20-30 employees (from about 120 folks) to a conference center for an innovation conference. I would spend months planning the conference, from the talks we gave to the team challenges. Every year we...
How to Develop Curiosity
One of the things that people often ask is whether I have a trick for writing daily. I have three tricks, and today I'll share all of them with you. Two of them will take no time at all. But the third will take some time, because it's about developing curiosity. What must you do...
There's a Voice in Your Head...
Not my normal kind of post, but if you don't dig it, you can delete the email or skip reading it and I'll have another post that I hope is more helpful for you tomorrow. Last night I woke up in the middle of the night. At 2 am. And I was awake until at...
The Value of Flexible Thinking
Have you heard of the Mann Gulch Fire? In the mountains of Montana there was a wild fire. In those days every fire was put out. Every fire was worked on. So naturally, firefighters were sent to put out the fire at Mann Gulch. The wind from the river and the intense heat created a...
What do you have in place to help protect your customers from themselves?
They were all staring at her. I don't just mean the person directly in front of her that seriously was looking at her with tons of curiosity. I mean people who worked there were peeking out from behind walls to see who she was and what they could learn about her just by looking at...
Everything is hard
I have a daughter in her Junior year in high school. Do you remember that year? If you do, you likely remember that it was the hardest year in high school. It's like every teacher wants to give you tons and tons of homework. She is working hard but wishes it was easier. And you...
You are your own worst enemy
I'm writing this letter to my wife, who has wrapped up 27 years as a teacher - first private and public schools, and then homeschooling our kids. She's now thinking about her next chapter. And these words are for her. But I'm guessing something in here might help you too. You have no idea how...
The Enemy's Gate is Down
Have you read Ender's Game? Then you know, \"The enemy's gate is down.\" It's a statement about orientation and the need to change it in order to win.
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