Making and communicating solutions
The idea is this: If you know how to solve a problem but can’t communicate it to others in a way that actually results in… Read More »Making and communicating solutions
August 2018
Made to Stick: Simplicity
Following Zinsser On Writing, here’s a snippet on simplicity from Made to Stick. The first chapter is about reducing your message to it’s absolute core.… Read More »Made to Stick: Simplicity
William Zinsser on Simplicity
Here are some excerpts from Zinsser’s ‘On Writing Well’, which I mentioned in yesterday’s post: … the secret of good writing is to strip every… Read More »William Zinsser on Simplicity
Clarity. Simplicity. Focus.
I’ve been reminded about the importance of clarity and simplicity by three books in the last week: Don’t Make Me Think, Steve Krug’s classic on… Read More »Clarity. Simplicity. Focus.
Small promises
It’s been five whole days since I quoted something from Seth Godin, so here’s something: we build trust by keeping our promises. Well-placed trust makes… Read More »Small promises
Setting the bar high
You’ve got to set the bar high too. Set the bar high in the big, important things: What am I working for? Who am I… Read More »Setting the bar high
Setting the bar low
If a job is too big, if standards are too high, it will never get done. It might never even get started. Setting the bar… Read More »Setting the bar low
Being prolific
How many ideas have you lost out of pure inertia? I don’t just mean all the ideas you’ve had that you never did anything about… Read More »Being prolific
A small thing that might be useful
Here’s a small thing that might be useful: a link (or better, if I can manage it, an embedded video) from Derek Sivers about getting on… Read More »A small thing that might be useful
Possibility: learning to see
This morning one of my sons was trying to put a new water bottle in a bottle holder: “It doesn’t fit.” I laughed at him,… Read More »Possibility: learning to see
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