Photo Credit: Getty Images. Strategy and Mindset The idea of, "turning pro", was conceptualized by Steven Pressfield in his books The War of Art and Turning Pro. The core tenet is adopting a mindset, habits, and work ethic to symbolically transition from amateur to...
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I am intrigued by the philosophical question we all face in this short life, “How do we reach our full potential in work and life?”
This has shaped the topics I research and write about including:
- Managing a career strategically over a long period of time to deliver impact from your unique expertise and realize the wealth that can provide freedom.
- Health – mental, physical, and spiritual – is a two-way street. You experience a boost of mojo when you are loving the work you do. To do work you love at your full potential, you need to feel great and approach life with a growth mindset.
- Product management to build products that create amazing value. The most important product of your life is you – we all have something to sell.
- Technology to save time, amplify the impact of a great product, create wealth and freedom.
To cultivate perspectives on this question, I synthesize strategies from books I’ve read and my personal experiences over the last 30+ years.
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Careers
Career Challenge #1: Get at least one recommendation or testimonial
People are more apt to buy goods and services from a business when they see established credibility, a quality reputation and positive reviews from others. The value proposition of your professional career is no different – think of yourself as a product for...
Know What is Real But Not True
The Thesis How we see ourselves and the beliefs we carry in our minds can have a profound impact on our ability to achieve success in our work life. Our full potential can be realized when we free ourselves from a confining self-identity. "Know Yourself" is the first...
Health
Know What is Real But Not True
The Thesis How we see ourselves and the beliefs we carry in our minds can have a profound impact on our ability to achieve success in our work life. Our full potential can be realized when we free ourselves from a confining self-identity. "Know Yourself" is the first...
A Daily Dose of Self-Love
Take care of yourself. Exercise daily - ideally first thing in the day. Plan meals and eat healthy. Spend time with quality people. Go to sleep on the same schedule - get 8 hours. Commit to self-love each day. Build up your supply in small doses. Commit to a routine...
Know what you need to leave behind
This time of year is a perfect opportunity to reflect on life and identify aspects you want to change in 2016. Over the course of our life and each year, we collect fond memories but also baggage that weighs us down from becoming the person we want to be or moving...
Product
Podcast Interview with Bit Discovery CEO Jeremiah Grossman
As a podcast host at Products That Count, one of the largest networks of product managers in the world, I have the opportunity to interview CEOs of companies within Mighty Capital's investment portfolio. In this episode, I interview world-renowned hacker and Bit...
How To Accelerate Your Side Hustle Idea
The pandemic has induced a radical economic shift for products and services, as well as a loss of income for millions of people. For anybody seeking additional income, more control, and a way to express your uniqueness, a side hustle is a low-cost approach to...
Career Challenge #2: Design an Offer for Yourself and Side Hustle
The COVID-19 pandemic is acting as a catalyst for businesses to rapidly redefine the offers they position to consumers seeking goods and services. Layoffs, pay cuts, and furloughs are driving people like us to reposition our value propositions to the needs of the...
Technology
Three Superpowers for Leading and Influencing as a Technologist
This article was the foundation for a talk at the UC Berkeley School of Information Master of Information and Cybersecurity (MICS) immersion on April 20, 2021. Tailored to cybersecurity students in the MICS program, the intent was to reinforce three practical "soft...
How To Accelerate Your Side Hustle Idea
The pandemic has induced a radical economic shift for products and services, as well as a loss of income for millions of people. For anybody seeking additional income, more control, and a way to express your uniqueness, a side hustle is a low-cost approach to...
Articles Archive
Podcast Interview with Bit Discovery CEO Jeremiah Grossman
As a podcast host at Products That Count, one of the largest networks of product managers in the world, I have the opportunity to interview CEOs of companies within Mighty Capital's investment portfolio. In this episode, I interview world-renowned hacker and Bit...
Three Superpowers for Leading and Influencing as a Technologist
This article was the foundation for a talk at the UC Berkeley School of Information Master of Information and Cybersecurity (MICS) immersion on April 20, 2021. Tailored to cybersecurity students in the MICS program, the intent was to reinforce three practical "soft...
Decide To Turn Pro
Photo Credit: Getty Images. Strategy and Mindset The idea of, "turning pro", was conceptualized by Steven Pressfield in his books The War of Art and Turning Pro. The core tenet is adopting a mindset, habits, and work ethic to symbolically transition from amateur to...
How To Accelerate Your Side Hustle Idea
The pandemic has induced a radical economic shift for products and services, as well as a loss of income for millions of people. For anybody seeking additional income, more control, and a way to express your uniqueness, a side hustle is a low-cost approach to...
Career Challenge #2: Design an Offer for Yourself and Side Hustle
The COVID-19 pandemic is acting as a catalyst for businesses to rapidly redefine the offers they position to consumers seeking goods and services. Layoffs, pay cuts, and furloughs are driving people like us to reposition our value propositions to the needs of the...
Career Challenge #1: Get at least one recommendation or testimonial
People are more apt to buy goods and services from a business when they see established credibility, a quality reputation and positive reviews from others. The value proposition of your professional career is no different – think of yourself as a product for...
Spread Knowledge and Good Karma
Sharing my work broadly gets ideas out in the wild with the hope of helping people save time to reaching their full potential in their work life.
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