Posts Tagged “success”
It was the summer of 2005. I can’t remember the exact text message my friend sent me, but it was something along the lines of: “Up $5k for the month.” What?! I knew immediately what he was talking about: affiliate marketing. Here I was having just moved all the way across the country to start [...]
Welcome to 2010! It sounds so futuristic. Sometimes I make New Year’s Resolutions. Sometimes I even write them down. But the more I think about it, the more I think they’re dumb. If something is worth doing, why wait for an arbitrary change in the date to start? The tradition of New Year’s Resolutions dates [...]
It’s been a great year with so much to be thankful for. I figure Thanksgiving is a good a time as any to reflect on all the blessings we have. Happy and healthy. Still self-employed. Wonderful friends and family. Couldn’t ask for much more. And then there was the food :)
I had a hard time getting into Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo From Maslow. It started slow but picked up steam about half way in. Peak is written by San Francisco boutique hotelier Chip Conley, and was one of the books gifted to me during my Zappos tour. The premise of the book [...]
Between costumes, candy, pumpkins, decorations, and drinks, Halloween has turned into a $5 billion dollar business. Billion with a B. I just want my share. But it’s a great holiday. For trick-or-treating, you get dressed, you go to work, and you get paid — in candy! I like Greg Behrendt, and his comedy bit about [...]
Traditional means of motivation in the workplace (rewards, incentives, commissions), sometimes do more harm than good. In this video, Dan Pink makes the case that for the complex tasks faced by today’s workforce, “intrinsic” motivators — autonomy, mastery, and purpose — are far more effective than the traditional “carrot-and-stick” methods. It’s kind of long, but [...]
