A simple “Is it worth my time to improve?” calculator
I’m an optimizer by nature. I notice opportunities for small improvements to save time or money that are only motivating when you think about the time or money saved over the course of a year. I call this the “Accumulated Efficiency Effect“. I’ve also written a related post about the “Power of 10x Problem Solving“. […]
Are all your leaders worth following?
What if you walked into your business tomorrow, tossed the handbook and told your employees that from this point forward they should simply mimic the behavior of their supervisor ...
Stop paying for performance
It’s a best practice of countless companies and a recommendation from even more consultants, advisors and the like. Identify the key metrics for success in your business, measure them and ...
Do you have any canaries to warn you of trouble?
You’ve probably heard about how miners used to bring caged canaries with them deep into mine shafts. If any harmful gases emerged, the canaries would die, giving the miners sign ...
Henry Kaestner interview – The advantage of revealing your true motivation
Henry Kaestner is a man of deep faith and tremendous success. He is the Chairman, Co-Founder and former CEO of Bandwidth.com, a disruptive telecom start-up that he and his partner ...
Lawrence “SugarBear” Reyes interview – How Can I Help?
Lawrence Reyes serves as the Ambassador of Culture and Global Onboarding Manager at Rackspace, a leading cloud server and hosted services company based in San Antonio, Texas. As employee ...
David Niu interview – What would you gladly pay for?
What if you broke up your retirement into bite-sized chunks and went on small adventures? That’s exactly what David Niu, serial entrepreneur and founder of TinyHR, did with his wife ...
The power of 10x problem solving
Life in business and at home presents an endless array of problems to solve. Probably due to this relentless volume, it’s easy to get stuck in a routine of ...
Mark McClain interview – “It’s a competitive advantage”
Mark McClain is a friend, dedicated family man and experienced leader and entrepreneur in the Austin, Texas tech scene. Mark serves as CEO of his latest co-founded venture, SailPoint ...
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