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Mickey Mellen

The Sunday Summary: Culture, summaries, reviews, and mowing your own grass

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.

14h ago

14h ago

What do you need a review for?

I’ve always found the idea of employee quarterly reviews to be very interesting, particularly at smaller companies like ours. We’re aware…

1d ago

1d ago

Getting a summary versus doing the research

I’m a big fan of tools that can help generate summaries for me, such as Blinkist or Shortform, but I also recognize that those can create…

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2d ago

Rich people mow their own grass

I recently heard a statement that is perhaps only partially true, but seems accurate in a lot of areas.

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3d ago

A culture cannot be mandated

Most companies think that they have great work cultures, and many do. For those that want to improve the culture of their team there are…

4d ago

4d ago

The customer isn’t a moron — she is your wife

It can be easy to get frustrated with your customers, but it’s almost always a bad move. As Seth Godin said years ago:

5d ago

5d ago

Let it drop

In a recent game of Pickleball that I played, one of our opponents did something interesting. He was a very good player, but not…

6d ago

6d ago

The Sunday Summary: Good headlines, shark attacks, and genius isn’t about being smart

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.

Apr 20

Apr 20

Genius isn’t all about being smart

When we think of a “genius”, we generally think of someone who is very smart, and that’s often true. However, there have been many geniuses…

Apr 19

Genius isn’t all about being smart

Apr 19

I’m not good at this

When giving a talk, many of us can be nervous and we’ll often feel a bit of imposter syndrome. While sharing weaknesses during a talk can…

Apr 18

Apr 18

Mickey Mellen

Mickey Mellen

I’m a cofounder of @GreenMellen, and I’m into WordPress, blogging and seo. Love my two girls, gadgets, Google Earth, and I try to run when I can.

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