Month: November 2017

The Hamburger Must Die

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The hamburger must die

Your web audience is hungry… for information. Stop trying to feed them a hamburger. The hamburger, or three horizontal stacked lines, is a common icon that represents “Menu” in web design. And it’s horrible. The hamburger sucks because no one knows what the hell it is. Especially on mobile. It surely doesn’t scream “Menu”… Indeed, I hate it when I have to click the hamburger just to find out that I don’t want what’s behind it. If you are building a website, stay away from the “hamburger”. Instead, choose something…

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Seeing the Bullseye

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I sat next to a Harvard Business School professor at a dinner once. This was around the year 2000. I was talking to him about the rapid advancements in technology. I mentioned that I had just read a book called “The Age of Spiritual Machines” which was written by Ray Kurzweil. The professor said, “I know Ray… Often wrong, but never in doubt.” When the professor made his comment, I think he meant it in a negative way. For years after that, when I met someone who was arrogant, I…

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Becoming an Apple Cyborg

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Everyday I walk around with some combination of Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad Pro, AirPods and MacBook. It’s a lot of devices to juggle. I like the notifications I get on the Apple Watch because they save me time by keeping me from diving into my iPhone. I like the iPad Pro with folding keyboard because it’s super lightweight and easy to use (it’s still not a replacement for a laptop though). The AirPods are great for calls and for music while driving, running or exercising. They don’t work as well…

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Positional Dominance

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Part of you is evil… And, deep down, you know it. Life is a daily battle for positional dominance. It’s good versus evil. Progress versus complacency. Sacrifice versus comfort. Hard today versus harder tomorrow. Micro decisions compound and can make you a champion, or send you to the bottom of a crater. The evil you wants to make the good you submit. If you’re weak, you will give in to the daily struggle against your evil self because the evil self has an endless source of energy… The good self…

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The Mission

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I promise that if you will do so, you will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.

The mission is financial freedom through personal discipline. “…Out of a spirit of appreciation and gratitude, and a sense of duty, you ought to make whatever adjustment is necessary to give a little of your time – as little as two years – consecrating your strength, your means, your talents to the work of sharing with others the gospel, which is the source of so much of the good that you have. I promise that if you will do so, you will come to know that what appears today to…

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Fuzzy?

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If you are off track in meeting your stated goals, it could be because your goals are not clearly defined. You could also be doing too many things that are unrelated in an attempt at “hedging” your bets. Hedging your work is a form of hiding. Hedging your work also dooms you to become a jack of all trades and master of none. Most “jacks” don’t make a lot of money… the “masters” do. Having poorly defined goals, is also a form of hiding. After all, if you have not…

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The Five People You Spend Your Time With (as a Solopreneur)

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You, you, you, you and you. There’s a theory that you’re the average of the five people you spend your time with… But what if those five people are you, you, you, you and you, how are you supposed to improve?  As a solopreneur, not having a feedback loop and access to others who can help could be delivering serious downward pressure on your success.  It might be helpful to find a co-working space, form a Meetup group, become part of a Mastermind group, or just get out of the…

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