It's Just Dirt
Mastery comes from embracing the messy process of creation, not chasing perfection.
In second grade, I won our class’s Inventor of the Year award for a ball-and-cup game fashioned from an old milk jug, a ping pong ball, some string, and the better part of a roll of duct tape. Years later, I wowed my extended family at Thanksgiving by...
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The Bamboo Syndrome
Nothing will destroy your business faster or more thoroughly than uncontained growth.
I planted a garden once, in the backyard of a rental house in Memphis, TN. I had big plans for my garden, though the unincorporated tangle of weeds and bamboo contained by a rusty chain link fence behind the shed had different ideas...
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Of Lanterns and Lasers
Focus isn't a limitation. It's the whole point of your company's brand.
I am a chronic collector of hobbies, titles, and occupations. I’ve been a carpenter, a painter, a martial artist, a writer, an illustrator, a hunter, a fisherman, a yogi, a military cadet, a corporate techie, a barista, a songwriter, a cook, a nomad, and so on...
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