Hello My name is Elwin Vs I am Elwin As a teenager I read some pop-psych article that made a claim: For success one should always chose the active declaration, ‘I am’ vs the passive ‘My name is’ in an introduction. I don’t know the truth in this...
Are you taking a trip? or On a journey? On a trip, there is an agenda, a schedule. You know almost every stop, the costs (you might have paid, upfront). Your daily experience is mostly defined. Research is done, and base expectations are set. In c...
When the universe tells you something listen. I wasn’t planning on sharing any new years ‘wisdom’. Seriously. But.. Searching, surfing really, around an unrelated topic this article/site showed up. https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/10/23/13-learnin...
"I have a Ph.D. from Yale," said the candidate to the multi-millionaire founder during the interview. "I have a Ph.D. Harvard, _and_ Yale" Said the founder, The candidate perked up, "what years were you at Yale?" "Oh no" said the founder, "I barely ...
"You would say it’s about culture" A friend shared an Article he read http://strib.mn/2q0M5kd (PDF here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/i6vinakdx36uqdy/retaining.pdf?dl=0 ) Yup! Culture! (http://bit.ly/2HCB1OG ) and:Compensation: Get the ‘Comp Pie Slices...
She was screaming, hitting, kicking, biting everyone was looking My angel, my princess.. a toddler in the middle of a mall. A tantrum... I was experiencing my own tantrum of frustration, until my wife leaned in and said. "You both are on a ro...
You're a tech guy, Why did you bring on a designer? Usually one of the first people I enroll onto a team is a designer. Someone who is very good with digital tools, and super creative. One who understands Consumer Experience (CX) and User Experie...
I have written in the past about how you need to ‘ride your headlights’ http://bit.ly/2OWpfEq with a vision that looks just beyond the operational capabilities of your org. What I haven’t shared is just how hard this is in practice. Affecting chang...
It is not enough to love the thing that you are making. You have to do it with people who you love creating with. this is unstoppable. Original Linkedin Post here: http://bit.ly/35Lgjrr
they said this, they said that, the emphasis being more on the ‘they’ and less on the ‘said’. The consequence, especially in this age of instant sharing, is people often will not share their honest and open views if they (or their org) is attributed...