Pulling Up on the Joystick
Pulling Up on the Joystick
How far do you fall before you get back on course?
Quick steps any restaurant can take to go green
Quick steps any restaurant can take to go green
It’s time they all make the switch
Let’s focus on Impact Metrics, not just “industries”
Let’s focus on Impact Metrics, not just “industries”
Start INSPIRING people
Getting past the need-enough-experience-for-jobs-but-don’t-have-experience conundrum
Getting past the need-enough-experience-for-jobs-but-don’t-have-experience conundrum
There’s a way out, I promise
A Day in the Life of a Seasonal Customer Support Agent
A Day in the Life of a Seasonal Customer Support Agent
…and how this job translated to my career!
How I Broke Into the Design Industry With No Degree and No Experience
How I Broke Into the Design Industry With No Degree and No Experience
It wasn’t easy, but it was worth it
How to get your first growth marketing client (or job!) without any experience
How to get your first growth marketing client (or job!) without any experience
This formula works, if you do the work
Why I left full-time entrepreneurship to become Director of Marketing at Crash.co
Why I left full-time entrepreneurship to become Director of Marketing at Crash.co
It doesn’t always have to be freelance
Play less chess, be more human
Play less chess, be more human
It’s so easy to overthink things, especially when we lack confidence or clarity.
Trying to Learn a New Language? Learn These Phrases & Questions FIRST
Trying to Learn a New Language? Learn These Phrases & Questions FIRST
A personal guide
On triggers and equanimity
On triggers and equanimity
How do you approach your triggers? Are you even aware of them?
Mapping Impact
Mapping Impact
Making sense of the world as problem-spotters, innovators, and good-doers.
Free Speech Regulations and Section 230
Free Speech Regulations and Section 230
Untangling the many players in the Internet Age
On Mission-Driven Work
On Mission-Driven Work
What are some objectively important missions to pursue right now, in 2021?
People aren’t ignoring you—they’re just busy.
People aren’t ignoring you—they’re just busy.
Don’t take it personally, and keep following up
On Making Yourself the ONLY Choice to Hire
On Making Yourself the ONLY Choice to Hire
You need to prove they can’t get anyone like you. You need to be unique. You need to jam.
On building very diverse, high quality communities
On building very diverse, high quality communities
One member at a time, introduced to others
Want to get hired? BE SPECIFIC. Move with intention.
Want to get hired? BE SPECIFIC. Move with intention.
You can only run in one direction at a time
On the Productivity of “Off Days”
On the Productivity of “Off Days”
We don’t need to be constantly online
Want to Keep Working Remotely After COVID? Me too. Here’s How to Ask Your Employer
Want to Keep Working Remotely After COVID? Me too. Here’s How to Ask Your Employer
“The pandemic taught us the difference between how we work and where we work.” – Atlassian cofounder
Bouncing Back From Iffy Salary Negotiations With a Prospective Employer
Bouncing Back From Iffy Salary Negotiations With a Prospective Employer
Why are we as professionals worth what we’re paid?
Robinhood needs a new business model
Robinhood needs a new business model
Once again, we’re feeling what it’s like to be the product
Why reinvent the wheel? A manifesto on GigLoft’s value to other pro-freelance entrepreneurs
Why reinvent the wheel? A manifesto on GigLoft’s value to other pro-freelance entrepreneurs
Eliminating “I’d love to ____, but I need a job to pay my bills.”
Eliminating “I’d love to ____, but I need a job to pay my bills.”
Make Friends, Not Connections: A better way to think about networking
Make Friends, Not Connections: A better way to think about networking
We all care, differently: “That’s worth a couple of COVID cases”
We all care, differently: “That’s worth a couple of COVID cases”
Music discovery isn’t what it used to be
Music discovery isn’t what it used to be
Hiring? Look for Culture-Adds, Not Culture-Fits
Hiring? Look for Culture-Adds, Not Culture-Fits
Futurism – Junk Mail
Futurism – Junk Mail
There is a simpler way to fund the USPS
Persevering through DNS
Persevering through DNS
Habit cycles
Habit cycles
Leveling up
Leveling up
Rethinking job security
Rethinking job security
Get the definitive “no”
Get the definitive “no”
Still climbing, too fast
Still climbing, too fast
The business metrics your writing can impact
The business metrics your writing can impact
We/Us: The power of being on the same team
We/Us: The power of being on the same team
Rethinking the sales conversation
Rethinking the sales conversation
Inspiration strikes randomly
Inspiration strikes randomly
The power of templates
The power of templates
Pivoting is hard
Pivoting is hard
Envision, launch, delegate, repeat
Envision, launch, delegate, repeat
Momentum
Momentum
We are all Imposters
We are all Imposters
Boredom and Defaults
Boredom and Defaults
Keeping (too?) busy
Keeping (too?) busy
Shipping is simply deciding
Shipping is simply deciding
If your LinkedIn doesn’t have portfolio samples, I’m not reaching out to you
If your LinkedIn doesn’t have portfolio samples, I’m not reaching out to you
What COVID-19 is teaching us about solving big problems as a global society
What COVID-19 is teaching us about solving big problems as a global society
Staying clear on goals
Staying clear on goals
What if you could be in flow all the time?
What if you could be in flow all the time?
How are you pricing your worth?
How are you pricing your worth?
How we know when something matters
How we know when something matters
Committing to something (and letting it go)
Committing to something (and letting it go)
Why specializing is not limiting, or how to not be a commodity
Why specializing is not limiting, or how to not be a commodity
The Big Click
The Big Click
“A Robot Could Never Do MY Job.” 🙄
“A Robot Could Never Do MY Job.” 🙄
Art Class Conversations
Art Class Conversations
Harnessing the Swarm: Democracy in the 21st century
Harnessing the Swarm: Democracy in the 21st century
Creative Drive // The Secret
Creative Drive // The Secret
Futurism 1 - A New Birth
Futurism 1 - A New Birth
Voting With the Times
Voting With the Times
The Theory of New Sentience
The Theory of New Sentience
Proper UX Design for an Engaging Educational Experience
Proper UX Design for an Engaging Educational Experience
Who We Are, and How to Be Good Ones
Who We Are, and How to Be Good Ones
Why brand?
Why brand?
Case Study: Rush Hour
Case Study: Rush Hour