“The moment you start trying to justify what it is you do and the value you provide by focusing on all the nitty-gritty things, you’ve lost.”
Five Creative Ways to Increase How Much You Earn
Why You Need a Point of View
“A POV is not a sales pitch. Not directly. The utility of that point of view is not to capture dollars by selling a thing. The utility of that POV is to capture attention by selling an idea adjacent to that thing.”
Seven Ways to Make Your Meetings Better
“Score every meeting. Score it out of ten at the end of the meeting. Not just you, all participants. Do it for client meetings too. Nothing below a score of eight counts as a good meeting.”
The State of Work-Life Balance in 2019
“Knowledge workers, on average, have just 2 hours and 48 minutes a day for productive tasks (or 14 hours and 8 minutes a week). The rest of the day is spent on neutral activities (1 hour and 6 minutes) and distracting activities (1 hour and 12 minutes). In fact, on average, 21% of the workday was spent on entertainment, news, and social media.”
Three Growth Marketing Principles for a Thriving Business and Engaged Audience
“There is tremendous power in intentionally projecting a somewhat delusional plan or proposal.”
Scott Galloway’s Predictions for Tech and Business in 2019
“Nothing is more certain than the past nor more uncertain than the future.”
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
“No word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” — Mark Twain
Six Email Prompts You Can Use to Start Saying No
“The key here is not to make excuses, but to just say no. Pay attention to what makes you squirm the most, or which invitations feel the hardest to say no to.”
Steph Curry on What It’s like to Be Underrated
“One of the biggest things I’ve really come to understand about myself over the last 17 years: The way that underrated might start off as just some feeling the world imposes on you. But if you figure out how to harness it? It can become a feeling that you impose on the world.”
25 Useful Things You Don’t Realize Google Docs Can Do
“While Google Docs may seem simple on the surface, it’s practically overflowing with out-of-sight options that can help you get more done with less effort.”