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To Build a Cathedral
We all want to build a cathedral, something great, lasting and awe-inspiring. The thing that’s too easy to forget – amidst our cleaning up messes, taking care of details and our inbox, going back to the drawing board, checking items off our checklists – is that every cathedral was built by a million small bricks,…
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Be Enchanting
Enchantment – turning cynics into believers, causing voluntary change of hearts and minds, winning over true fans – isn’t just for slick salespeople and charismatic leaders. If you want to make an impact, change the world, or give a great presentation, you need to learn how to enchant your co-workers, clients and audience. Guy Kawasaki…
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Loving People
We don’t love people so much for the good they have done us, as for the good we have done them. Leo Tolstoy
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8 Minutes
Doing great work requires focus, and you need to be intentional to create time to focus. In any classic bank robbery film, there’s always a safe to crack. As the leaders of the heist put their team together, they always need to find the ex-locksmith guy who will know how to crack this particular latest-technology…
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Perpetual Harvest
I once heard that in the Netherlands, because of over-worked farmland, vegetables now contain about half the nutritional value that they used to. I wonder how many of us are giving less the full “nutritional value” into our work and relationships because we’re over-worked. Our “always on” culture seems to amplify the importance of working,…
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Hip Hop and the Feedback Loop
My favourite way to joke about hip hop (years ago, when I was just a white boy who didn’t understand), was how often rappers would rap about rap. “Listen to words that I create. Watch my lips arti-cu-late.” (My you can tell that my favourite rapper is the hiphopopotamus). But now I get it. I…
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Don’t Look
Chances are you’re at your best when you’re not thinking about yourself. Just about every guy has an embarrassing story about the time (likely in their early teens) when they tried to impress a girl they liked. Noticing her in the audience you tried to win her affection by skating the puck from end to…
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If a Tree Falls in the (Digital) Forest
How much does a pixel weigh? In my office most of our day is spent creating digital products, online advertising etc. We been talking recently about the need to feel the weight of our work. The carpenter can look back after a hard day’s work and see wood and concrete making a dent in the…
