The Piggyback Principle says that you ride on someone’s back or shoulders in order to accomplish a goal. You take their help, you borrow their strength, wisdom, and leadership – and you forge a path. The Piggyback Principle is not permanent, it is not how you will live forever, it is how you will get started – you will take support from those around you to grow and become better. The myth of “I got…
I have a lot of songs on my phone – too many songs – an insane number – but probably not close to what some people have. Still, it’s a lot. And the more you have, the more the shuffle and random feature never quite hits your mood. And every time I drive I think the same thing – “I need to make some playlists, I need to get organized, I need to get tuned…
How many people make a startup? 1? 2? How many ideas do you need to have? Do you need to start with something, anything, and just get going? Do you need funding to support those you work with? Do you need to pay yourself? What are all these things and how do they contribute to what you are doing? The beauty of startups, unlike many other fields, is that they can take any form you…
A Sounding Board is someone you can bounce ideas off of. Someone you can get some advice from when what is in your head doesn’t sound right (or even if it sounds right to confirm what you are thinking). Whether it’s a project, a company, a joint venture – everyone needs a sounding board. With so much work being done remotely, we’ve lost what used to be our ad-hoc sounding boards – running ideas by…
Changes in weather, significant changes, can drastically affect the course of your day. A little rain here, some sunshine there, a bit of snow – they are all okay in proportion to what you are currently working through. But a 50cm dump you had no idea was coming your way? Plus 45C heat? That is significant, that changes things, that throws all your plans out the window, and forces you to create and find new…