It takes guts to make imperfect decisions

Every day we make decisions that impact our future. Every day we decide on pricing, product, sales strategy, hiring and because it's an imperfect world we never have enough information. When you're building a company you have to get very comfortable with making decisions on partial information. There is never enough time to assemble all the facts, and if you wait for them you'll fail anyway because the opportunity will pass you by. Think about product design. When you're creating a new market and growing fast you can't take the [...]

By |2017-12-03T02:44:27-08:00August 9, 2013|Leadership|0 Comments

Have courage in how you speak

A lot has been said about the big signs of courage from Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King to Andrew Jackson but it also shows up in small ways in the office. Every day, in every meeting, courage shows up when people speak.And in this case I am referring to how they speak. When someone makes a statement their courage and conviction shows up not only in the substance of their words but also in the very specific way they phrase their sentences and pitch their voice -- and many [...]

By |2017-12-06T17:01:06-08:00February 10, 2012|Career Advice|1 Comment
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