Episodes

  • CONCLUSION

    CONCLUSION
    Feb 22 2025
    CHAPTER CONCLUSION Inspiration is perishable We all have ideas. Ideas are immortal. They last forever. What doesn't last forever is inspiration. Inspiration is like fresh fruit or milk: It has an expiration date.
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    4 mins
  • CULTURE

    CULTURE
    Feb 21 2025
    CHAPTER CULTURE You don't create a culture Instant cultures are artificial cultures. They're big bangs made of mission statements, declarations, and rules. They are obvious, ugly, and plastic. Artificial culture is paint. Real culture is patina.
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    26 mins
  • DAMAGE CONTROL

    DAMAGE CONTROL
    Feb 20 2025
    CHAPTER DAMAGE CONTROL Own your bad news When something goes wrong, someone is going to tell the story. You'll be better off if it's you. Otherwise, you create an opportunity for rumors, hearsay, and false information to spread.
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    12 mins
  • HIRING

    HIRING
    Feb 19 2025
    CHAPTER HIRING Do it yourself first Never hire anyone to do a job until you've tried to do it yourself first. That way, you'll understand the nature of the work.
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    23 mins
  • PROMOTION

    PROMOTION
    Feb 18 2025
    CHAPTER PROMOTION Welcome obscurity No one knows who you are right now. And that's just fine. Being obscure is a great position to be in. Be happy you're in the shadows.
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    26 mins
  • EVOLUTION

    EVOLUTION
    Feb 17 2025
    CHAPTER EVOLUTION Say no by default If I'd listened to customers, I'd have given them a faster horse. --HENRY FORD
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    17 mins
  • COMPETITORS

    COMPETITORS
    Feb 16 2025
    CHAPTER COMPETITORS Don't copy Sometimes copying can be part of the learning process, like when you see an art student replicating a painting in a museum or a drummer playing along to John Bonham's solo on Led Zeppelin's "Moby Dick."
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    11 mins
  • PRODUCTIVITY

    PRODUCTIVITY
    Feb 15 2025
    CHAPTER PRODUCTIVITY Illusions of agreement The business world is littered with dead documents that do nothing but waste people's time. Reports no one reads, diagrams no one looks at, and specs that never resemble the finished product. These things take forever to make but only seconds to forget.
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    37 mins