Having dealt with anxiety & panic attacks for nearly 20 years, I find it refreshing to occasionally turn-the-tables and proactively, on my own terms, scare the crap out of myself.
“Hey Panic Attacks, you cowardly asshole. Pack your suitcase. We’re going bungee jumping in New Zealand!”
When experiencing a…
Before the 1992 presidential election, CBS made a game-changing announcement: The network would no longer air sound bites less than 30 seconds.
The home of Edward R. Murrow & Walter Cronkite described its new policy as an “experiment.” Civic-minded executives cited research showing the length of TV sound bites had…
During the heart of TOMS’ End Gun Violence Campaign, I received an email from a 21-year-old entrepreneur named Kai Kloepfer.
Kai described his vision for Biofire — an early-stage startup incorporating biometric sensors into handguns. Unlike traditional handguns, which anyone can fire, “Smart Guns” eliminate the possibility of children or…
In the summer before college, I spent two months backpacking in Europe. I meandered my way through Spain, Italy, France, and a half dozen other countries before arriving in the Czech Republic. After a grueling four years of high school, I felt totally free.
Then something really weird happened.
While…
On October 4th, Daryl Morey learned a painful lesson in Social Media Management.
As General Manager of the Houston Rockets, Morey is known for his bold decision-making & obsession with analytics. But Morey’s contentious tweet had nothing to do with basketball. Instead, Morey expressed solidarity with the Pro-Democracy Movement in…
In The Purpose Revolution, John Izzo & Jeff Vanderwielen argue that a “revolution of expectation” is happening among employees, consumers and investors. In summary:
In the book Radical Honesty, Dr. Brad Blanton argues that lying creates a toxic sludge of anxiety, stress and depression. As humans, we constantly lie to ourselves and others. We default to insincere pleasantries (“chicken poop”); speak in meaningless generalizations (“bull poop”); and tell BIG, nasty lies that destroy relationships…
In October 2013, President Obama learned a painful lesson in website design.
Healthcare.gov, the new online portal for the Affordable Care Act, was off to a disastrous start. On launch day, the site was so slow that only 6 people successfully registered for health insurance (Source). 6 people!
To put…
There’s something extremely satisfying about Venn Diagrams. They make a remarkably complicated world feel neat, orderly & downright approachable!
Consider the following:
Few things in life are as universally appreciated as Venn Diagrams:
