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Tag: Success
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Authority, Winning, and the Cost of Staying Adjacent
This morning clarified something I’ve been circling for years but never named plainly: I have optimized for system impact, not personal authority.…
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The Douglas Accords
Recently, I asked ChatGPT to do something different. I didn’t want tips or comfort. I didn’t want affirmation. I wanted confrontation. So…
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Underutilized Me
I work 8-5 and do IT support and web design nights and weekends. My wife sells essential oils and makes soap for…
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10,000 Hours
Have you ever heard that it takes “10,000 hours” to become good at something or that you should “follow your passion” and…
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The Value of Conferences and Trade Shows
Mike McDerment, the founder of Freshbooks, recently wrote a post titled How I Earned A Lot More on Projects by Changing My…
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Anyone Can Take a Reservation
One thing I keep hearing from programmers and product owners is that the most important thing (or the hardest thing) is marketing…
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Balls of Steel
In response to marketing and distribution device about product development: Sometimes you just have to write something, make a decision, just do…
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Things have changed. Times are different.
Business owners used to be able to pay the Yellow Pages once per year and get business all year long without having…