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When I look around, I see a world where commitment is declining. I’m not speaking about the declines in the rates of marriage or having children, though these are certainly a matter for concern. I’m talking about the small commitments that most of us don’t even think about as commitments. Once upon a time, critics … Continue reading Commitment Is Declining (And Why You Should Resist)
Old-school videogames often had a cheat code–a special sequence of actions that, when entered, would make your game avatar invincible. Cheat codes weren’t particularly sporting, but they made it much easier to win a game. Donald Trump has found a cheat code for our current national politics, and he seems content to use it every … Continue reading The Trump Cheat Code
There’s a lot of agita around the supposed plague of wantrepreneurs–posers who are into being entrepreneurs because it’s trendy, rather than because they want to build real businesses. This Fortune piece is a good representative of the genre: http://bit.ly/1f5EX8n “Wannabe entrepreneurs with laptops hog up the physical and digital bandwidth of the Valley right now,” … Continue reading Why I Don’t Worry About Wantrepreneurs
* Yes, the title of this post is blatant linkbait. But it’s a serious topic. Over the past few days, I mentioned the topic of my post to a number of smart people in the industry, who all had the same reaction: “I don’t get Socialcam, and I want to read that post.” So at … Continue reading Why Socialcam Will Fail*
I was absolutely flabbergasted to read this on Matthew Yglesias’ blog this morning: “I think that running a major company is largely a matter of riding around on the corporate jet.” Later, he writes: “That a lot of the people succeeding in business are sort of frauds (needless to say, other people get rich by … Continue reading Being CEO Means More Than Riding Around On The Corporate Jet