As consumers we have powers and responsibilities: Vote with dollars – make principled purchases that reflect your beliefs and the way you think the world should work Buy more of less – use dollars to purchase smaller amounts of high quality goods (and the corollary, of course, is not purchasing large amounts of low quality, […]
Problems Worth Solving (Or, an alternative to Follow Your Passion)
“Find a job (or start a business) where you can work on problems worth solving,” often receives a bit of a blank stare in return. So instead of convincing you that it makes sense, here’s a list of problems I think are worth solving (they might be different from yours) to illustrate the kind of […]
100% Electric
BMW just came out swinging, staking their claim in the rush to win the coming electric car war. They say they’ll work to make 100% of their models at least partially electric within the next 10 years. Think about that: a traditional automobile company saying it will make a serious move towards 100% electric or […]
The Growth Zone
In your comfort zone, you know exactly what to expect. It’s safe, it’s routine. It’s where you are when you’re doing that thing for the 10,000th time. It’s where you go to flow. In your danger zone, you have no idea what to expect. You’re on high alert, unable to focus on anything but making […]
Perception is Everything
You mean one thing. You say one thing. Your words are interpreted through personal filters. You control only two of these. Make sure you tailor the message to the audience.
Say What You Mean
At the end of a post on choosing family, I thought about adding a “PS: I know everyone’s definition of family is different. Maybe your family treats your horribly. Maybe you can’t have kids. Maybe your friends are your famiy. This post stands in all of those scenarios.” But here’s the thing: for the right […]
Choose Family
Maybe your work doesn’t matter much. Maybe you’re not working to solve important problems in the world. Maybe you don’t get to work alongside a team you believe in. If that’s the case, please make one of two decisions: 1) Change your working reality as fast as humanly possible. 2) Dedicate every ounce of energy […]
Choosing a Head Start
It’s baffling to me when I see a new entrepreneur ignore the lessons that can be learned from more established businesses. Coke regularly (and perhaps rightfully) gets skewered over ingredients and (lack of) sustainablity in their packaging. Nike has gotten its fair share of flack for labor practices and raw materials. Name the established company […]
Exposed
Before you can create change, you have to take action. Before you can take action, you have to have courage. Before you can have courage, you have to have belief. Before you can have belief, you have to have knowledge. Before you can have knowledge, you have to care. Before you can care, you have […]
The Problem with Amazon
The New York Times published an exposé outlining egregious people and culture practices at Amazon, from mandatory annual cullings to abrasively direct criticism in meetings. There’s been a flurry of editorial content in response. Jeff Bezos in support of the culture. Redfin CEO, Glenn Kelman, in support of hard work and grit. And, of course, […]