Posts Tagged ‘Leadership’
My Mindset Was Totally Different Three Years Ago When I Started My Company
READ Heading into Year Three of Data Driven Design, I’m thinking back to when I started the company, and how different my mindset was then than it is now. If 2018 (almost 2019) Paul told 2016 Paul that he’d have a team of 8-10 solid full time employees spanning the skill sets of custom software…
Read MoreTo Valencia, Spain From Nashville: When You Don't Need Much, There's Always Room For More
READ About a year ago I started realizing I didn’t need “that much.” My family, my laptop. My phone. A pair of socks and running shoes. That’s pretty much it. The family for the people I love. The phone to keep in touch with the rest of the people I love, and the laptop to…
Read MoreLeadership Lessons: Let Others Lead
READ I thought I was a leader earlier in my career. But it wasn’t until I realized I was failing by trying to do everything myself that I actually started to become one. I realized I was being the opposite of a leader. Later, by necessity, I had to learn to let others lead. Whether…
Read MoreEverything Is Good Luck
READ Me to my kids: “Guys, did you know it’s good luck when you see the sun and the moon at the same time?” My kids to me: DAAAAAAD, you say EVERYTHING is good luck.” They’re onto something. A positive attitude. Telling yourself something is good luck is the first step towards having a great…
Read MoreCreating The Chip of Confidence
READ I’m huge on this concept. When you have a chip on your shoulder, you perform better. You have a reason to prove to yourself, and to someone else, that you can do it. You just become even more motivated and driven than normal. Agree or disagree, follow me for a second, because I think…
Read MoreThe only belief that matters is yours
READ The only belief that matters is yours. They’ll tell you you’re “too short,” or maybe “too fat, not cool enough, not pretty enough or not smart enough” or all of these. That’s good. Good for you. These are opportunities. These are opportunities to put a chip on your shoulder. This is also sweet because…
Read MoreHow Do You Treat The People You Pay? (vs. the ones that pay you?)
READ I’ve been fortunate enough to connect with some amazing business leaders via social media. Not the fancy ones on Shark Tank or anything, but real, in-the-trenches business builders and leaders, who know exactly how to communicate with their people. Cy Wakeman encourages leaders to “Call People To Greatness” in spite of their circumstances and…
Read MoreWho's On Your Mt. Rushmore?
READ I’m NOT trying to get political, but I do have a Mt. Rushmore of my own. While the purpose of the Mt. Rushmore memorial is “to communicate the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification of the United States with colossal statues of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt,” as business people, we all have our…
Read MoreDigital Uncorked
READ Digital Uncorked. I had no idea I was going to be part of the inaugural Digital Uncorked. The team at VaynerExperience is top notch. While consuming a ton of Gary Vee’s content over the last year – content that has gotten me through 24-hour work days with 30-minute naps on the couch – I’ve…
Read MorePodcast Episode 12: Hire People Smarter Than You
Listen Read Thoughts I want to share around building my team as my company grows, molding myself into a role as my team grows from 1 to 6 people in a span of about 8 or 9 months. So let me explain. When I started my company Data Driven Design and my partnership with SnapShot Interactive as VP of…
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