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…
I just can’t work for you
This week we were asked one of the toughest decisions around business development. How do you let a potential client know you won’t be doing business with them?
Telling isn’t Selling
An infomercial is a lecture. The problem with lectures is they aren’t interactive. Sure, Billie Mays tried to ask and answer the questions he thought you might have. But you…
Automate What?
I saw an article recently which caught my attention. The headline was, “3 Time-Consuming Tasks Recruiters Should Be Automating in 2019.” Catchy, and hopefully with something interesting inside.The first of…
Fixing Bad Emails
I get a lot of bad emails. From messages clearly sent by Russian spammers, to awful newsletters that I have no recollection of signing up for, to marketing emails clearly…
A New Niche
Recruiting is hardly considered a calling. Some professions we can accept this – military, police, clergy. People may have calling, a deep innate desire to be that when they grow…