Category: Quick Thoughts

  • Breaking bread and building relationships

    One of the reasons I don’t go on podcasts now is that we rarely have time to get into the depth of what works. Especially in the shorter ~30-45m podcasts, you barely have time for an introduction and some perfunctory questions before BAM… time’s up. So it was an absolute pleasure to share a long…

  • Apps: less usage = more happiness

    Got this via Pansy Lee. Makes complete sense that apps that help you get things done and/or give you specific info are the ones that make us the happiest. SAUCE: http://humanetech.com/app-ratings/

  • Bring humans together.

    Good food is the best way to make good friends. As always, a reminder in how amazing it is to bring people together from disparate backgrounds. We had someone who teaches other poker. Another who randomly started baking cakes. Another who co-owns a massive restaurant (and is expanding hard). Another who is involved in disaster…

  • Ask. But leave an out.

    I’m a big believer in going for the ask. At worst you end up where you were already With that said, I always make it easy for someone to say no. I’d rather have them properly in than have them in because they couldn’t say no.

  • People can see through the bullshit

    For the love of God, can we stop equivocating something stated in an article written on a site like Forbes as a formal endorsement from said organization? I recently saw this in an article. A simple click-through to the article showed this under the author’s bio: “Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.” So…