Snow storms are blinding – it’s easy to get disoriented, confused, and lost. Usually in a snow storm, you can only see a few feet in front of you. Maintaining your original trajectory can be difficult and sometimes impossible depending on the conditions. Also, looking for familiar signs and landmarks can be difficult – you … Continue reading »
Day 4: Everything Other than Product is Noise
At the end of the day, everything other than your product is noise. It might be important (and don’t get me wrong, many non-product things are VERY important), but it’s not the main focus. Your main focus is your product. Let me elaborate. Distinguishing Noise from Product Starting a new company, there are a LOT … Continue reading »
Day 3: Understand All the Tools Available to You
Most people like to jump right in – they want to start building something, start moving forward, start achieving ‘progress’. The unfortunate thing that by starting too early, you can either end up achieving progress at a slower rate, or actually hurting yourself – moving forward in the wrong direction can be worse than not … Continue reading »
Day 2: Learn the Guts
So, here is my first insight following on the topic of things I have come to appreciate, learn, or discover while starting a company: learn the guts. Everyone loves to be the ’50,000 foot’ thinker – tackling problems from a high level then delegating the small parts – it’s where the glory is after all! Come … Continue reading »
The New Purpose of my Blog
When something has a purpose, it is much easier to define the direction. When you know where you want to get, it’s a lot easier to figure out how to get there. This blog started as a collection of random ponderings and thoughts. I will admit, at the start it was unfocused, scattered and random. However, something … Continue reading »
3 Visas, 2 Jobs, and 1 Year Later… I’m Heading Home
The countdown is on (and yes, I will be bringing my frequent use of puns with me) for my return to Canada. It’s been over a year, and two awesome experience since I moved down. In case you, the reader, are unsure about what those experiences were – let me remind you. I got the … Continue reading »
A Camel and a Horse: When Group Consensus Fails
I heard a good analogy the other day, and here it is: a camel is nothing more than a horse designed by a committee Now, it might seem like a very simple analogy on the surface, but it really struck a chord with me. I can just see a group sitting around a circular table, … Continue reading »
How Are You Keeping Track of Lessons?
Every day we learn lessons – some more important than others. We might learn something as basic as proper social conduct, how to hold a fork, or another basic skill – but we might learn something advanced and insightful, like how to offer an employee advice and guidance, how to share bad news, or how … Continue reading »
Take a Moment Today
Yesterday while at the gym, I found myself watching an episode of Star Trek on the TV (I know, I am so exceedingly cool…) In this episode, the crew discovers a planet with strange regenerative properties. The chief engineer who is blind (the one who wears the strange visor) has his sight mysteriously restored so … Continue reading »
Learn or Improve
Growing as a person is an invaluable and essential goal to seeking happiness, success, and of course, fortune. The opposite of growth is decay, which leads to unhappiness, indifference, and trouble. I would actually argue that not growing is almost as bad as decay, as the simple lack of growth can be equally debilitating. However, … Continue reading »
