Improve Your Writing With This Memo From Winston Churchill
In 1940, at the height of the Battle of Britain raging in the skies, Churchill declared war on fluffy writing. Eighty-two years later, the memo he sent is still highly…
Re/Think Zone
Sharp Lessons From The Room
Most of these ideas aren't mine. The connections are.
Think of me as your filter. Thousands of business books. Millions of articles. Endless podcast episodes.
I collect the ideas worth keeping. I test them. I sharpen them. I connect them. I strip away the BS.
Then I give them back in plain English.
One useful idea every two weeks. Enough to help you see what you couldn't see before. Pull on any thread. See where it takes you....
You Don't Need To Do What The CIA Does, But You Might Want To Think Like They Do
Every two weeks I send out a big idea I’ve been chewing on in the hope that it makes you less of a shitty person. A while back I found myself in the middle of doing…
Two Out Of Three Is Fine
When it comes to writing fiction (and really, writing in general), Neil Gaiman is a heavyweight. He’s written everything from novels and short stories to screenplays and…
Learn Where You Need To Go: Do You Know What Is Expected Of You At Work?
After three decades of in-depth research involving more than 25 million employees across 100k teams in 195 countries, Gallup says measuring the strength of a workplace…
What Should Your Website Do To Get Past The 5.59 Seconds Of Doom?
It’s 2022 and you’ve probably realized by now that your website has a dramatic impact on the perceived credibility and quality of your business. Your site serves as a…
Jeff Bezos: Speed Matters. Are You A Day 1 Or Day 2 Company?
If you wait to make a decision until you have all the information you’d like to know, there’s no decision left to make, right? The exceptional leaders understand that…
Look Around At Who You Spend Your Time With
When you choose who to follow on LinkedIn, you are choosing your future thoughts. Much of what you become in life depends on whom you choose to admire and copy. If you…
The Brave Cellist Of Sarajevo: Failure To Act Equals Failure To Care
War is a nightmare. War is awful. It is indifferent, devastating and evil. War is hell, but it is also an incredible teacher. It teaches us lessons we should never…
Can You Imagine Trump Ever Writing Such A Memo? Not In A Million Years.
The memo is from 2014, when the president-elect Joe Biden was serving in his second term as vice president. It runs only 126 words, after the simple greeting, "To My…
You Can't Grow Your Garden Unless You’re Willing To Kill The Weeds
Life is very simple. There's the thing you wish you were doing. There's the thing you're saying that you're doing. And then there's the thing you actually do. How do you…
Pre-mortem: How Planning To Fail Leads To Success
Most people understand what a post-mortem is - a debrief where you examine something after it has already happened to find out why it succeeded or failed. Projects…
The Uncomfortable Truth About Life That Will Wake You Up
I wish I could say you have plenty of time to accomplish whatever you want. But, I can’t. Your time is limited and you are going to die. I know, I know. I keep saying…