The Myth of Sisyphus
According to Greek legend, Sisyphus so angered the gods that they sentenced him to the worst torture they could imagine. He will spend eternity pushing a rock up a hill — as it reaches the pinnacle, it will roll back down again. After returning to the bottom, Sisyphus would then have to push it back…
Who you gonna call?
One of the key roles of a successful agency owner is to build a network outside of your agency. You are your agency’s eyes and ears. You are scanning the horizon to find the “next thing” that clients are going to need, the problems that they are going to run into so that you can…
How can you transform the situation from a 5 into a 10?
Either because the client wasn’t clear, or your team didn’t perform, you end up behind the eight-ball looking to rescue a project that’s already behind budget with a possibility of a disappointed client. You might feel like you need to put in some extra time or get the team to work extra hard on something…
Improving Your Thinking
If I boil things way down, a leader’s job is to think. Leaders need to have a perspective on the future and maneuver their firms to take advantage of that future. The only way to do that is to spend time reading, talking to people, and making connections by thinking. One heuristic to tell how…
Fears that keep me busy
In Tuesday’s email, I talked about a mentor who challenged me to “Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.” Attempting to do that led me to see some deep fears driving much of my hurry and busyness. If I want to be less busy, I have to say “no” to more things. But saying no terrified…
Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life!
When I was in the busiest time of my life; I was getting my business going, I was raising some teenagers, I was struggling with figuring out how to get everything done and do this “life thing” in a way that felt at all successful. In the middle of that time, I asked an older…
If not doomscrolling, what do I do instead?
On Tuesday, I told you how my screen time was up 170% over the prior week! I don’t have that kind of time to spend worrying. I’ve got a life to live! When faced with one of these problems, the first thing that I do is notice and pay attention to what’s happening. And so for…
I need help with doomscrolling, how about you?
This weekend, I was a little disturbed when the screen time alert popped up on my phone, telling me how much time I had spent on it over the last week. It said, “Your screen time was up 170% from last week.” A hundred and seventy percent!?! That seems a little extreme. Last week, there…
I’m sure I can get there if I only work hard enough…
Today I want to share a brief story with you written by author Robert Williams: I’m listening to the desperate sounds of a life or death struggle going on just a few feet away. There’s a fly, a small fly, burning out the last of its short life’s energies in a futile attempt to fly…