· It’s about to get strategic around here. And I have mixed feelings about that? On the one hand, it’s been great wandering from topic to topic, writing to you about whatever bubbles up. On the other hand, while it’s been fun for me—and you don’t seem to mind— trying to build a business with [...]
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Just one more _____________. · How many times do you say that in a week…or a day…or an hour? If you’re like me, you say it quite a lot, with all kinds of stuff filling that blank: I’ll hit the snooze button just one more time. I’ll send just one more tweet. I’ll read [...]
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My grandmother has a talent. She can make two biscuits. But her friend, Martha, has a Gift. She can make one. *** I don’t mean one pan of biscuits. I mean: One biscuit. Folks who bake a whole lot or very little may not appreciate the significance of that, but I marvel over it. Especially [...]
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I love my new sneakers. I love them so much I couldn’t wait to put them on this afternoon and go walk somewhere…anywhere. Just so I could wear them. This is a big deal. Because it’s really difficult for me to find comfortable shoes. I have a wide toe box, a narrow heel, and no [...]
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My husband loves video games. He used to manage an arcade, in fact, so beeps and bangs are music to his ears and some virtual worlds are as interesting as the real one. So when he said, “Hey, Babe! Some guy’s gone rogue in Call of Duty!”, I listened carefully for the lesson. And by [...]
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Funny thing. My job’s always been to look out for the outlier, tag the typo, discern the difference, and find the flaw. To sift for clues, kill the clutter, focus the lens, get to the point, and make things clear(er). Essentially: I criticize. For a living. And yet my spiritual path curves toward comprehensive compassion. [...]
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In Part 1 we talked about keeping an idea private until it’s ready to share. In Part 2 we listed three ways to protect an idea from overexposure, i.e., keep it a secret from competitors while it’s a work-in-progress. In this last bit we’ll talk about ideas being copied after they’re out in the world, [...]
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In Part 1, we looked at using technology to protect our ideas from prying eyes and our own impatience: Secure channels and simple storage are ideal for working on ideas in private. But at some point our great idea needs to get out and meet our advisors, our work team, and then the world. Based [...]
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