This framework offers five “domains” from which decisions are made: complex, complicated, chaotic, clear and confusion. In the clear context, for example, you want to apply best practices. But in the chaotic, where cause and effect are unclear, “Action—any action—is […]
One person charges $480/hr to help Millennials and Gen Z overcome their fear of talking on the phone. “Mary Jane Copps said she spotted the rise of “phone phobia” 16 years ago and set up a consultancy called The Phone […]
Jason Cohen explores the topic of fulfillment. He highlights prior art on the topic then adds his own spin. “What follows is my original framework I used to answer this question for myself eight years ago when I made the […]
This was a nice lesson, written by Yiren Wu, who runs a content marketing agency. “When you run an agency business, your clients have no problem giving you negative feedback directly.” | learn more
“High Agency is about finding a way to get what you want, without waiting for conditions to be perfect or otherwise blaming the circumstances. High Agency people either push through in the face of adverse conditions or manage to reverse […]
“I studied ways to be less awkward, and learned some interesting things that improve my relationships.” | learn more
“Far from being profoundly destructive, we humans have deep capacities for sharing resources with generosity and foresight.” | learn more
“You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. … Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the “wet streets cause rain” stories. … In […]
“Last week entrepreneurs reminded me several times of one of my favorite adages: if you don’t ask, you don’t get. While it seems obvious, the reality is most people assume if something isn’t offered up or available, then you can’t […]
This is, “one person who owns the success or failure of a given initiative, project, or goal. They are the decision-maker or the one who is responsible to drive decisions. They are the single point of contact and the one […]