Category Archives: Business
How Simplifying Will Save Us Over $500 in 2011
We are making some changes for 2011. Many of the changes are based on simplifying life and making sure we are being good stewards of our resources. One step in our simplification process was to eliminate unnecessary TV (some would argue that’s all TV). We didn’t go that far but we did disconnect Dish Network [...]
No Silver Bullets Here
I’m a Seth Godin fan. There are thousands of reasons and below is another. He gently tells his tribe (and critics) that building a following is hard work. It’s a day-by-day, step-by-step process and although there might be some rare instances of “lottery winners” they are few and far between. It’s funny because this isn’t [...]
A Walk Down Writers Block
I want to share a quote from JD Schramm’s recent blog post on Harvard Business Review which discusses ways to overcome communication fears. Only by pushing through our fears in communication (and life) by taking some small and calculated risks, are we able to grow. Take a moment and do a quick self-analysis in the [...]
Time Management Notes
A few days ago a friend asked for some tips on time management. In Feb 2008, I took some notes on key principles from Randy Pausch’s Time Management Lecture (not to be confused by his Last Lecture). It was great to re-read my notes. It’s funny because I can see where I’ve gotten better in [...]
Design with Intent … the download cards
If you are a designer, an artist, a thinker, a manager, a doer, a leader, a decision maker for anything you should check out the “Design with Intent” cards. These cards/slides have examples of how design can influence behavior.
What do I want to get better at? What do I want to learn?
I just finished reading an inspiring blog post from 37signals’ Jared White. They had a company meeting where they asked everyone (1) What do you want to get better at? and (2) What do you want to learn? Jared had to say this… I want to be a better teacher. I feel like I’ve [...]
New Logo for VacationHomesForCharity.org
A new logo has been revealed and a new website design is soon to follow.
