Today, of course, yelling doesn't work so well,All of us grew up in a world of content scarcity, and now we live in a world of content infinity They view the tasks as opportunities instead of drudge work,The Blair Witch Project and Pi both felt authentic
They write about the big checks VCs hand out and they lionize the organizations that make a splash,[Example: In the last month, four of my books have been mentioned in the NY Times To really stand for something, you must make difficult decisions, mostly about what you don't do,It's essentially impossible to tell a story to an entire population and have it resonate with all of them
Your ego might not enjoy it, but in the long run, your organization will,The service standards and generosity that you see in his restaurants aren't manipulations designed to improve profits That blog you've built, the one with a lot of traffic,If you're hiring for people to work online, I can't imagine not screening people in this way
Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course,This is an incredibly simple hack that works so well because we now trust email as a magical, instant and secure communications tool She wanted to know why I don't try to monetize it,So we yell at the church member who parks the wrong way, or we grudgingly change a policy but loudly proclaim, but just this one time!
Wanna guess where we bought our overpriced souvenirs?,Mark Rovner has an insightful post about the current state of fundraising and non-profits For many years the paper publication TV Guide made more money than all of the 3 major TV networks it guided combined,You can remake that choice every day, in fact
Another example: When dealing with a customer, assume that unless there is good evidence to the contrary, they are trying to rip you off,My friend Lynn coined this phrase, and it really resonated with me It's more than 240 pages long, and it's free,Options I'm aware of: If I don't know about you, you don't exist
