Year: 2017

  • Just because it’s no problem for you doesn’t mean it’s no problem for someone else…

    I tweeted over the weekend how some guy followed and harassed me during my morning walk. He made fun of how I was walking (as you can imagine, I walk with 100 percent swagger), that I’d never amount to anything, that I was a monkey, blah blah blah. The thing is – none of it…

  • #NationalCookieDay… what a day!

    So today is #NationalCookieDay What you may not know is that everything that lead to the #cookielife, the charity chocolate chip cookie offs, and more actually started on *this* very day two years ago. 1. That’s quite the happenstance 2. It’s kind of crazy that it’s been ONLY two years.

  • Make life easier for others

    This is gonna seem oddly pedantic, but simple pro tip: when sharing a #, always xxx-xxx-xxxx. NEVER xxxxxxxxxx nor (xxx) xxx-xxxx It’s cleaner, easier to read, and phones do a better job picking it up. Making someone else’s life easier = you win.

  • Build Influence, not just an audience

    To extend my thoughts from yesterday’s thoughts on influence versus audience, a few random thoughts: – A great example is Clay Hebert. He’s by no means an eCeleb. But he’s whip-smart, and the people who know him know he knows his shit. A few months ago he posted about Phil Jones’ latest book. I’d wager…

  • Influence vs Audience

    I care little about building an audience. Instead, I’m focused on building influence. It completely changes your approach to output. EDIT – my follow up on building influence vs an audience.