I don’t know if you’re supposed to mix blogs or projects, but I think a little transparency is always good. The stuff I’ve written (and others) here on grootship.com is good, and should read and studied, but in an attempt at full disclosure and to provide reasoning why I haven’t posted here in a while,Continue reading “My Latest Work”
Author Archives: Rex
Time to Come Clean… Again.
You can’t have everything. …where would you put it? By the same token, you can’t do everything either. If you notice the dates on my posts you might think that this blog is dead (which is why I might just take them off), but you’d only be partially right. I like to call it, ‘hibernation’.Continue reading “Time to Come Clean… Again.”
Thank You Subscribers
Problem: You have people who have subscribed to your blog, but you’ve totally neglected them. Solution: Don’t. Ok, I confess. This is me. And this is embarrassing, but I’m going to just come out and say it. Going for total transparency here. There are a lot of options and features and cool tricks and stuffContinue reading “Thank You Subscribers”
Buy a Book, Save a Life
Problem: 1. Every 45 seconds a child dies from malaria. 2. You don’t get a chance to save a child’s life. Solution: Buy this book, End Malaria, and your $20 will go to buy some mosquito nets, which I guess they don’t have enough of in Africa. Seems simple enough. The thing is, they knowContinue reading “Buy a Book, Save a Life”
How to Make Progress
Problem: You can’t seem to make any progress on your projects. You’re always getting distracted and rationalizing other activities that are not helping you move toward your goal. Solution: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ” (Lao-tzu said.) And that entire journey consists of a whole bunch of steps, oneContinue reading “How to Make Progress”
Innovate Your Meetings
Problem: Your meetings are ineffective and waste a lot of time and resources. Decisions take way too long to get made. Solution: Implement the Modern Meeting Standard. If you haven’t heard about it yet, the latest best selling book on Amazon is Al Pittampalli’s, Read This Before Our Next Meeting. And it is taking theContinue reading “Innovate Your Meetings”
Are Your Curiosity Levels High Enough?
Problem: You’re not learning new things, expanding your horizon, getting out of your comfort zone, or having exciting experiences. Solution: Raise your curiosity. Most people think curiosity is just a trait you’re born with and you either have it or you don’t. But you know that can’t be entirely true because sometimes you are moreContinue reading “Are Your Curiosity Levels High Enough?”
Who Are You?
Problem: Some people know who your are, they might remember your name, but they don’t connect a story or an idea or concept with your name. They don’t know what you are about, your special skill, or unique contribution to the world. Solution: Create your story. It should be so clear that a one sentenceContinue reading “Who Are You?”
You Already Have What You Need to Build a Community
Problem: My company doesn’t have a good internal tool for social networking so I can’t really build an internal community or a following. Solution: Actually, you do. Back in the olden days people used to get to know each other by sending messages with an ingenious invention called electronic mail. And although it may beContinue reading “You Already Have What You Need to Build a Community”
Resistance: 1 Rex: 0
Problem: You haven’t written a blog post in a long while, and your last one was about how to get unstuck. Solution: Write a blog post. It’s amazing how I have to read my own posts to get motivated. And what an ironic last post to get stuck on – The Number One Way toContinue reading “Resistance: 1 Rex: 0”
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