Doing a good job gets you the next one, and just like that, the purpose of every meeting should be at least to get the next one. The therapist always books the next session right away and we always talk about the next one at the end of a date. Every meeting with a...
In my daily writing, I save some drafts and some titles to be developed later and today, I noticed a pattern. Every few weeks or days, I save some kind of title that speaks to scarcity of ideas, to the day that will eventually come where I have nothing to write about....
You have heard it before, maybe even watched a movie or read a book. “What you envision, manifests”. There are some very famous versions of this, “The Secret”, your “vision board” exercise, etc. It may sound “woo woo”, but the truth...
Platforms and Marketplaces have one particular issue. You can build an awesome tool, make it robust, responsive, and even fun to use. You can put all the servers and routers behind it, and pour hours of development into it, but the real outcome gets determined by...
Hello all, I am tearing down the proverbial “fourth wall” here to tell you how much I appreciate you following my writing. We are still a small tribe, but a loyal one. Thank you. I started The Daily PPILL as a pressure valve for the ideas boiling in my...
How many times have you heard “such a talented person”? Some people say there is no talent, there is only effort; that the only way to become proficient, even reach mastery in something, is through sweat and tears, deliberate practice, and with a lot of...
