Attaining greater leverage is often a solid goal for businesses to pursue. I shared last year that Greg McKeown considers reading to be a great leverage-building tool: “Reading a book is among the most high-leverage activities on earth.” In a recent episode of the “Founders” podcast, host David Cenra took…

In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, September 25: It intentionally doesn’t scale While automation and scaling can be great things for growing a business, finding places to do amazing things…

Writing daily can be tough. I’m about three years into daily blogging, and I still struggle quite a bit. The difference now is that I don’t wait to be inspired. Prior to 2020, I’d post “when I felt inspired”. This led to 14 posts in 2019, 9 in 2018, and…

I love seeking advice from others. In almost any area of my life there are people that know far more than I do, and learning from them is an amazing thing. Advice is tricky, though, as it usually defaults to the average response for any given situation and ignores the…

I can’t believe it took nearly a decade since I first told you that USB-C was going to be a great thing, but we’re finally here. The newly-released iPhone 15 changed their port to be USB-C, and they were essentially the last device that needed to change. I know that…

A little over a year ago, we switched companies that handle our weekly trash pick-up. The previous company simply wasn’t consistent; we’d often get an email on the afternoon of the pick-up day that essentially said “ Sorry, but we’re not going to be able to make it today. See…

We live in an amazing time, where all of the world’s knowledge is just a few taps away. It’s fantastic! Having access to that kind of information 24/7 would have been unthinkable just a few decades ago. However, access to knowledge (and even consuming it) pales in value to creating…

Last year I shared some thoughts on doing things that don’t scale. In that case it was about invoicing, but I’ve seen this idea continue to pop up. Lumpy Mail The first is the idea of sending “lumpy mail”. It’s easy to send 1000 emails, and rather easy to send 100 letters…

In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, September 18: Digitally prepping for a trip Here are some things that I’m doing to get my digital pieces in order before I head…