You can invest your time #managing hard before you hire someone or you can #manage hard after you hire them. The former is an intense effort for a finite amount of time; the latter continues in perpetuity.
I'm too lazy to have to manage hard forever :)
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When I was about 10 years old, my mom would drop me off at a municipal golf course where you could play as much as you wanted for $80 per year.
#golf taught me a lot about managing emotions and constantly pushing to get better, bu…lnkd.in/gpdtHBXlnkd.in/g9wCnwM
Pricing is one of the most powerful and least understood tools in business. Increasing price without changes to demand and cost structure is pure profit. To do that, you have to understand the difference between what someone SHOULD BE willing to pay and w…lnkd.in/gAS2jkp
#tgif ... but for a different reason. Spending 16 days chasing a 2 and 4-year old over the holidays will ensure you really love your job again. #workingdadlnkd.in/gtFFXCw
The 3 Ls of my #EverBetter challenge at Evernote:
1) Listening - spend <50% of my day speaking
2) Learning - add 1 new thought to my world each day
3) Leading - understand before seeking to be understood
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Ok, there should be a 4) Losing - some weight lnkd.in/gHCEeYG
#grit is what I spend most of my parenting time trying to instill in my kids: the willingness to keep trying at something until you conquer it; the ability to persist after being knocked down.
But that's also what I search for in teammates because we're…lnkd.in/gyitrhH
My mother questioned how beer pong skills would ever help my career ... and now I know. I’m sure she’s very proud that this is what we did at work on Friday #uglysweater
Taking #uglysweaters up a notch at #Evernote ...
it took 2 min for people to decide throwing ping pong balls at my face was more fun than trying to get them in the cup lnkd.in/gQV2SrY
Two kids bathed, hair washed, teeth brushed and asleep (alone) by 8pm. With deck done that means I get @lagunitasbeer IPA and recorded @NFL_MNF. #Irule#workingdad