Reading Time: 2 min If I asked you to look back 10 years and talk about how much you’ve grown, you’d likely have many stories to show your increased compassion, knowledge, income, and many other things. On the other hand, if I asked you about your potential growth in the next 10 years, most people don’t see themselves changing […]
The challenge of owning your data
Reading Time: 2 min For many years, I’ve been a big proponent of people keeping control of their digital assets. There are three main buckets for this: All of that stuff is great, and I fully believe in it, but it’s much easier said than done. I thought about this the other day when I went to leave a […]
The whole world is a classroom
Reading Time: < 1 min We’re at an amazing point in history, and one that will be changing (for the worse?) as AI continues to develop. Between tools like YouTube (free), summaries of books (many free) and the books themselves (not free, but more easily available than any time in history), you can learn whatever you want whenever you want. […]
Character is more than your personality
Reading Time: < 1 min Over the years I’ve seen ones character compared to reputation, personality, and other related areas. Different sources have slightly different takes on what each one means, but I love how Adam Grant separated “character” and “personality” in his book “Hidden Potential“. He had two good thoughts that I really liked. The first one was: “Character […]
Writing doesn’t begin with a blank page
Reading Time: 2 min If you know you need to write something and you’re struggling with where to start, a big blank page sitting in front of you can be very intimidating. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. For me, notes are the key. Before I sit down to write anything, I already have a few notes […]
The Sunday Summary: Serendipity, great questions, and the use of AI in schools
Reading Time: < 1 min In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, March 18: The Serendipity VehicleSerendipity often comes out of nowhere, but there are ways to encourage it to come around a bit more often. Tue, March 19: Swipe […]
Reading a book with blog posts in mind
Reading Time: < 1 min With almost every book that I read, I read with the intention of digging in deep and then blog posts just happen to come out of it. A good example of that was Adam Grant’s “Think Again“, where I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book, and it just happened to generate a number of great ideas […]
The long climb of an obsession on quality
Reading Time: 2 min I’ve mentioned the excellent “Acquired” podcast on here a few times (including learning as leverage and average advice), as it’s a fantastic show. I’m relatively new to it, but over the last year or so there are a lot of people that are new to it. Case in point, here is their growth over the […]
That’s a great question
Reading Time: < 1 min When I’m in a group or doing a Q&A after a talk, and someone asks a question I’ll often respond with “that’s a great question” as I begin to unpack it. However, in Michael Port’s book “Steal the Show“, he thinks that’s a very bad idea: Never say, “That’s a great question!” I rarely say […]
Schools need to understand AI
Reading Time: 2 min Over the past few weeks I’ve talked to handful of high school students about how AI is being treated at their schools, and the results are largely disappointing (though somewhat understandable). Ultimately, I have three main takeaways from the conversations. Schools are scared of AI The general thought from the schools is “No AI for […]