Tag: productivity

Then put yourself in a situation with a company that is aligned with that particular type of DNA, because if you are a product person and you really care about nothing more than product and you go work for a company that is trying to build incredible relationships with customers, it's going to be a little bit of an issue.

People ask, “what's that?” It's having you communicate in the modality of the person you're with.

You have to make that shift from the founder or very small group at the top making decisions together to really empowering, delegating, and creating an infrastructure to push decision making down.

I would also say think about what is most impressive about what you do and demonstrate the impact of your mission and really focus on that. I also think just having a really good opening sentence is important because you capture the audience's attention.

When it comes to a practical first step, I am a really big fan of literally just getting started. I feel like there is power in momentum

People have a hard time looking at what makes them fail. Shame motivates us to save face. Some people save face by succeeding. People who habitually fail save face by making an excuse and procrastination is a great excuse.

One of today’s best television shows (and comic characters) is Flash. He’s been around in some iteration since the 1940s and remains a signature...

It's just really important to know your people, and then don't ask them to do stuff that they're not wired to do.

It's all about having the right people on your team and working together as a unit. No one individual makes a business successful. It's the team that makes it successful, and I think that if I've learned anything over the years, it's you have to create the culture and the environment in order to attract the right people into the organization.