“When you have to write over 100 topical jokes each day, there’s no time to wait for inspiration to strike. You need a reliable algorithm.”
How to Create a Joke like a Late Night Talk Show Host
How to Tell Stories like Abraham Lincoln
“You need to spark people’s interest by starting with the context, then hold their attention because something happens that causes a change, then end with an outcome.”
A New Way for Organizations to Develop and Monetize Their Audience
“No matter who you are, whether a first time attendee, or repeat buyer, or new subscriber, or long time donor, or anywhere in between, we have a specific plan for you and a specific next step in mind, and everything we do points you toward that one next step and nothing else.”
How to Rewrite the Story of Your Life
“Every hero has an origin story, but it’s possible you’ve chosen the wrong story to define how you came to be the person you are.”
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
“Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.” — Bruce Lee
5 Ideas To Help You Become A Better Publicist
If you’re looking to step up your PR game, you’ve come to the right place.
Don’t Let “Work” Get In The Way Of Your Work
Valuable work doesn’t look like “work.”
How a Conversation Dinner Can Change the Way You Communicate
“Most conversations nowadays are one-sided, involving one party simply waiting for his or her turn to speak. The Conversation Dinner was something else. It felt like a joint effort to speculate and explore themes shared by all of humanity; understanding each other was an integral part of the process.”
What Nobody Tells You About Finding Mentors
“We need to stop telling them, ‘Get a mentor and you will excel,’ Instead we need to tell them, ‘Excel and you will get a mentor.’”
Why the Four Biggest Tech Companies Should Be Broken Up
“How would we feel if one company controlled 92 percent of the global construction and engineering trade? Or 92 percent of the world’s paper and forest products? Would we worry that their power and influence had breached a reasonable threshold, or would we just think they were awesome innovators, as we do with Google?”