Key Insights from "The Year Without Pants" Leadership Lessons from WordPress.com and the Future of Work In "The Year Without Pants," Scott Berkun shares his experience working as a team leader at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com. The book offers a fascinating glimpse into the culture and practices of one of the world's most successful fully remote companies. I've collected some of the most impactful passages that resonated with me about company culture, leadership, and organizational design. These insights feel particularly relevant in today's increasingly remote work environment.…
"Everyone has a plan – until they get punched in the face." — Mike Tyson 2014 in Review Mike Tyson once said, "everyone has a plan — until they get punched in the face." I spent a considerable amount of time in 2014 dusting myself off from the barrage of punches life threw at me in 2013. What I learned in 2014 is a big reason I haven't been able to accomplish a majority of my resolutions over the years is a lack of time. Year after year,…
"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times." — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist My 2013 Year in Review & 2014 Resolutions Something I haven't done in past resolutions is reflect on the past year. 2013 was one of my more difficult years, I have to admit. I even checked with Christina tonight to verify I wasn't missing anything. In 2014, I'm ready to get some big wins again. 2013 in Review: How Did I Do? Blogging Progress One of the…
Unleash the Business Rebel Within by Donny Deutsch Source: Amazon.com I'm trying to burn through my stack of library books and wanted to recommend one of my latest reads called Often Wrong, Never in Doubt: Unleash the Business Rebel Within by Donny Deutsch. Every time I go to the library I always bee-line to the Computer Science section first, quickly followed by Business (just like my pursuit of education, both in those fields). I don't think there are a lot of new concepts in the book but the…
Unearthing web files from 1997 on forgotten floppy disks I finally decided to throw out all my old floppy disks after cleaning out a closet last weekend. Before I threw them out, I had to go through them all to see if there were still any files left on the disks. To my surprise, there were still a few files I found which was like going back in time. A web hosting research page from 1997 saved on a 3.5" floppy disk. Notice the placeholders for the IE4…
The Visionary Strategies of Jeff Bezos Inside Amazon's massive warehouse operations For the future of retail, I'm sure you are looking at Amazon like everyone else is. I'm convinced the Internet will continue to disrupt traditional retail. Bezos is one of the most brilliant minds of our time, some say the next Jobs. I have tremendous respect for Bezos. Just a few of the things he's done... I'm sure I missed lots of things. I have my eyes on Bezos (I personally think Amazon's stock is overvalued, though!).…
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