My previous post on understanding other people’s actions and decisions has what I believe is a very important followup. And this concept I’m about to discuss extends way beyond business, but includes politics, friendships, and life in general. I mentioned that sometimes people seem unable or unwilling to understand the line of reasoning that another […]
I believe there’s a valuable skill that all people should have, and it is the skill of understanding why other people are making the decisions they are making. This can be a difficult skill to hone, and I was thinking about why this is. Here’s some thoughts I have on why it can be difficult. […]
Many of my posting ideas come from thoughts that cross my mind at random times during the day. Here’s one that struck me while walking to a gate at an airport. I was thinking about how I haven’t written a blog post in a while and I was trying to get at some root causes […]
It is natural at work to get frustrated and want to complain to someone. But just random complaining is not useful and in fact can frustrate the other person. Here’s some advice on this topic: It’s ok to complain about something, but bring a solution or at least some brainstorming ideas as the next step. […]
Let’s continue talking about some personal terms and memes. Today’s is called “The Theme Park Effect”. (I don’t really call it that but I don’t want to name-drop any specific companies.) And the concept is as follows; if you can slowly lower the OPEX, even if it impacts quality, and it doesn’t really effect your […]
If you know me at all, or read enough of my blogs, you’ll see that I have a core set of sayings and memes that I tend to reuse over and over. I’ve realized that not all of them are fully explained, so I wanted to start sharing some of them with you. Today’s post […]
Over the holidays I ended up having multiple conversations with different people on business and strategy. That either makes me incredibly boring at parties or incredibly engaging…I guess it depends on the type of parties you go to. Anyways, here’s one anecdote I found myself talking about a lot. I know a high school student […]
Several years ago (well, more than several), I had a mentor teach me some things about project management. One thing they taught me was the art of risk management. Now I don’t want this blog post to be too much about risk management itself, other that it supposes you understand some of the basics of […]
At the beginning of the year I made a commitment to post at least once a week. And guess what…I did a really good job keeping up with that commitment. I learned to use a couple different tools, such as writing ahead of time and scheduling the post, or verbally speaking and using speech-to-text tools […]
I was at the veterinarian’s office the other day and I noticed a chart on the wall. It was a “Cat Pain Scale Rubric”, where you look at things like their eyes, ears, whiskers, tail, and shoulders, and based upon an eye chart assign a point score, then add the whole score up to determine […]
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