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I’ve always been fascinated by goals, so much so that I started a company focused on helping people achieve them. After running it for a while, I discovered why many of our customers weren’t succeeding—and it challenged everything I thought I knew about effective goal setting. The Problem: Goals as “Things That Happen to You” Many people set goals that are essentially nice…
When I was a kid, a family friend told me a story that stuck with me. Though simple, it shaped my views on work and personal responsibility. Here is a condensed version: In a village, a famous teacher trained two brothers. The older brother grew frustrated, believing the teacher favored his younger sibling by giving him more responsibilities. One day, he confronted the teacher. “Teacher, why do…
Last year I was challenged to read a hundred books in 2019 in order to broaden the types of books I read. At the time one hundred books didn’t feel that much higher than the sixty books I read in 2018. I ended up at a final count of 102 books and while I did broaden the types of books I read, I won’t be setting a specific target for next year.
“What’s the most important thing Amazon has done in the last 20 years?” Jeff Bezos asked this question two weeks ago at a launch event for their new mobile phone. Some would say it’s building up their Prime subscriber base while others might say it’s the technical chops of their team. Jeff Bezos’ answer? Earning trust with customers. The recipe for trust Do hard things well Repeat Bezos notes that…
Amazon recently launched mobile push from Amazon SNS. SNS (Simple Notification Service) acts as a middle-man between your product and the relay service (Apple Push Notifications, Google Cloud Messaging etc) which means that you don’t need to worry about establishing connections, queuing messages, handling feedback, or scaling. It comes with a million push notifications a month to start with -…