So I Went to My Mental Health Counselor Yesterday …
There it is. All public and for the world to see. And now in a blog post for Google to index and cache and be permanently logged into my life’s record. Yesterday, at 3:30 p.m. to be exact, I went to see my mental health counselor. His name is Kyle. I’m posting this loud and
The Top 5 Strengths of The Best Entrepreneurs
Forbes just summarized a report titled “The Vital Entrepreneur: High Impact At It’s Best” by Ernst & Young and The Kauffman Foundation For Entrepreneurship. The top 5 strengths as reported by some of the top entrepreneurs in the U.S. are: Ability to communicate vision and instill passion Ability to identify and develop talent Ability to see
Count the Cost of That Next Opportunity with These 5 Questions
I have to admit, I recently learned really what a pro forma is. But I do know that knowing the cost, benefits and the upsides for new projects, or deals, is absolutely vital. I’ve learned this the hard way. For me it’s making sure you really weigh the cost with the potential of the opportunity.
Essential Career Advice for Developers Ebook is Here
Back in August, I wrote a post that turned out to be very popular and got some good response titled “Dear Developers, Here’s Some Advice for Your Career.” Because of that response, I decided to take those core ideas and expand on it and put it into ebook form. Today, I’m excited to announce that
6 Ways to Finish 2013 Strong
Just posted 6 ways to make the most of the rest of 2013 at the iThemes blog, but here is a snippet: Review your goals for 2013 –– you have about 4 months left in 2013 to accomplish the goals you set for yourself earlier this year. See where you are and how far you’ve
How to Eat an Elephant (Or Tackle Most Any Big, Huge, Enormous Project)
In my late 20s I went back to school to finish my undergraduate degree. As a working adult, the daunting task of finishing that degree (I had at least 40 hours left) was overwhelming. But I quickly found an accelerated adult completion program that allowed me to do it once a week for around 18
The Draft of My Essential Career Advice for Developers Is Now Available
I’m on a writing binge lately … after the response I got from my outline offering my top career advice for developers I went to work on the first draft. It’s now 4,000+ words and available for review on Google Docs here. This is the third book now that I’ve crowdsourced the editing of and would
How Crowdsourcing Your Writing Makes It Better
Crowdsourcing is all the rage, but it’s also one of the most unique and amazing contributions the Web has helped enable in our world. For the second time in the last year, I’ve crowdsourced the editing of an ebook and wanted to share how it’s worked for me. I know from experience simply writing is extremely
One Selfish Benefit For Living By the New Rules of Entrepreneurship
So after publishing my rough draft of the New Rules of Entrepreneurship, I thought I might have left out something substantial — the benefits. I probably didn’t include them in the original draft, simply because I feel the rules are our responsibility, you know, the one about being decent human beings, regardless of the benefits.
It’s Time For a New Set of Rules for Entrepreneurs
I’m pretty fed up with the current playbook for entrepreneurs. Somehow we’ve gotten into this rut of a jacked up mindset that the key to success is to bulldoze people to get what we really want. We put profits over people. We make decisions that help us get where we want, at the increasing expense