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Month: February 2021

Weekends
February 28, 2021February 22, 2021

Weekends

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When I worked in retail, I never got the allure of weekends. After all, these were the most busy days of the week, and if I was looking for a break, it would usually be on a Monday or something.  I often work with global teams, meaning that my mornings […]

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The Illusion of Disaster
February 27, 2021February 22, 2021

The Illusion of Disaster

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Many times we look at failure and see utter ruin. We’re homeless, starving, humiliated and abandoned by our friends and family. All from not having a project ship on time. Or getting fourth place in the Olympics.  Fear has caused us to overemphasize the doom that awaits us failing, so […]

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Invisible Costs
February 26, 2021February 22, 2021

Invisible Costs

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It’s easy to track expenses that are obvious expenditures. Salary costs, program licensing fees, the manufacturing cost of your new product, or the training cost of upskilling a manager.  It’s harder to track things like how much it costs you to run an all-hands meeting every week, or how much […]

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Enrollment
February 25, 2021February 22, 2021

Enrollment

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Changing someone’s mind is incredibly difficult if they’re not already open to changing it.  We often try brute-force intellectual attacks with a barrage of facts, and when that doesn’t work, we start humiliating them when it is exposed that they’re not probably operating off of truth.  While giving people the […]

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The Worst Piece in Your Portfolio
February 24, 2021February 22, 2021

The Worst Piece in Your Portfolio

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In the visual art world, there’s a saying that you’ll get hired by the worst piece in your portfolio.  What this means is not that the person hiring is going to fall in love with your worst piece – it means that you’re going to be judged by the weakest […]

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The Future is Trust
February 23, 2021February 22, 2021

The Future is Trust

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Most people don’t think about trust very often, unless they come across a breach of trust. Maybe it’s your boss not trusting you with autonomy and micromanaging, or clients not trusting you enough to commit to a purchase order. Perhaps what gets you thinking about trust is a stranger returning […]

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Environmental Factors
February 22, 2021February 22, 2021

Environmental Factors

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Whether it’s the literal climate around you, or the tidiness of your living space, or your working environment, it’s important to understand your own tendencies and how your environment affects you.  As much as you can change it, you want to ensure that you’ve created an environment that will push […]

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Fear or Love?
February 22, 2021

Fear or Love?

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When we choose to respond to something, there is a choice to be made. We can choose to act from a place of fear, scarcity, and a zero-sum game where if someone else wins, you lose. This choice is one of selfishness, pain, and insecurity. Alternatively, we can choose to […]

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Artist vs Professional Artist
February 20, 2021February 18, 2021

Artist vs Professional Artist

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I know you may feel tempted to not call yourself an artist if you’re not a classically trained painter, or a Broadway actor, or sculpting gigantic figures out of bronze. You might say things like “I just enjoy art,” or you make small sculptures for fun, or you go to […]

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February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

A Valentine’s Day Hate Crime

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Not sure if you’ve heard, but there’s an uptick in violence and harassment against Asian/Americans. It’s not surprising to me, given that my younger brother was assaulted walking home from school after 9/11 with shouts of “remember Pearl Harbor,” an entire generation of my family was shipped off to internment […]

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