Why Great Scripts Fail: Charisma
Last week, we confronted Credibility head on: how it isn’t something you have, but something you project. We talked about how your voice, presence, professionalism, knowledge, and expectations all shape…
Why Great Scripts Fail: Credibility
Last week, we tackled confidence… from why yours might disappear if thrust into piloting a jet, to why smart people doubt themselves while others think they can take on a…
The Tyranny of First Impressions
My coach asked me for permission to use the following phrase in his next book, so you get it first. Your brain lies to you. Constantly. It is filling in…
Your Pipeline is your Fuel Tank
I ran out of gas only once in my life. Trying to get a friend home by the time her mom dictated, we made it… basically. The car sputtered and…
Different Minds Will Allow a Different World
You know I’m proudly neurodivergent. Divergent seems to be the wrong word, because it demonizes the difference. Divergent sounds stiffly contrarian, and while I am, the connotation isn’t fair for…
Jason’s Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence
Who’s Doing the Thinking?Over the last few years, I’ve answered more questions about the possibility of AI becoming conscious than a doctor has to answer random medical questions at a…
Tone Down the Rhetoric
If you study language or pay attention on Spaceship Earth at Epcot, you learn the ancient Phoenicians spread written language throughout the Mediterranean area as sailors and traders. English was…
Motivation Loses!
Even before my time in the Air Force, I had a saying, Discipline Beats Motivation. And it’s true. One says “I need to be motivated to (make my calls, go…
Stacking the Odds
An article has made the rounds insisting it is harder to get a remote job than it is to get accepted into Harvard. Hi, I’m Jason, here to tell you…
State of the Economy
It’s been months since we last purposely threw ourselves on rollercoasters for the day, yet the market has done a nice job of doing that for us throughout 2023. We…
Survivor Bias
In WWII, a consideration was made to reinforce planes which had returned from missions against the Nazis in all the areas where they’d been shot. That is, until it was…
Recession Proof?
We’re designed to always be looking for the next problem, and we’re hearing a lot of talk while we travel this summer about the next recession. Some experts say it…