The best part of being smart isn’t that you know more than the average joe. It’s that you get to hang around with other smart people. | Continue reading
Nobody is every blamed, but nobody gets to take the credit, either. So the end result is a lot of office politics and a lot of meetings. | Continue reading
“Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art” - Andy Warhol famously said. | Continue reading
But then you find out that money can only buy you so much. Like Bill Gates says, "It’s the same hamburger". | Continue reading
Why are entrepreneurs the way they are? Because they have no choice. Entrepreneurship is a creative act, entrepreneurs have to be that way, or else they die | Continue reading
The great book “The Happiness Advantage”, by Sean Achor basically states that success follows happiness, not the other way around. | Continue reading
The more you iterate, the more you learn, the more you learn, the more you grow (both literally and figuratively). | Continue reading
In 2008 Howard Schultz regained the CEO role at Starbucks and began a process of taking the business forward… by taking it backward. His idea was … The post Make mine a bias-free latte appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Yes. We know. Being your most authentic self is the best thing to be. The trouble is that it’s hard. It’s a complex world out … The post You gotta keep it real appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
There is no ladder. There is no “right way”. There’s just you and God, and sometimes God is on your side, sometimes he ain’t. And … The post One for the haters appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
This is another way of saying, it doesn’t matter how good your idea is, if you you can’t get buy-in from other people, if other … The post You can’t have one without the other appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
“Permanent Revolution” is an old idea, first put forth by Leon Trotsky, back in the early days of the Soviet Union. Well, as any history buff … The post Talking about a revolution appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Back in college in Austin, if I ever declared my dislike of a certain rock group or pop singer, the standard reply from my friends … The post The never ending search for meaning appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
The oldest story in the Western Canon is an adventure (The Iliad). The most successful movie franchise is history is an adventure (Star Wars). We … The post It’s all about the adventure, baby. appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
People spend far too much time worrying about the physicality of their jobs. What kind of money they’d like to make, what kind of office … The post What do you want to be when you grow up? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
So you’ve decided to be a creative genius. Good for you. A world of opportunity awaits. Not to mention money, groupies and plaudits. Just remember … The post How to scale your genius appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Happy Equal Pay Day! It’s 2018, let’s get equal. Right now, a woman is being interrupted, called difficult, receiving a poorer performance review, being passed over … The post Let’s Get Equal appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
The famous opening lines in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina: “All happy families are the same. All unhappy families are different in their own way.” A lot … The post Thinking about reverse engineering culture? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
What is self-determination? Basically, it means that it’s better to paddles one’s own canoe, than to wait around to be invited onto somebody else’s yacht. … The post Do you have the stamina? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
So you didn’t come from the right family or go to the right school or have the right friends or work for the right company … The post It’s not what you do, it’s how you do it. appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Like the old saying goes, people don’t remember stats, they remember stories. Go to any cocktail party. The girl trying to impress the guy isn’t talking about … The post What’s your story? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Ogilvy’s Rory Sutherland once made a great observation about the Eurotunnel, the 25+ mile underwater tunnel linking France and England. The joke was that, instead … The post Is your creative thinking boosting your career? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
It’s quite easy, telling people what to do. What’s hard to do is all the complicated stuff. The grinding. The innovation work. Selling. Developing. Connecting … The post The Keepers Of The Old Guard appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
“What matters” is a strictly personal decision. Only you know. But, as we grow older, it becomes apparent that choices matter and not spending your time … The post Why People Are Unhappy appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading