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Beyond Zero to One (Once a hacker, always a hacker)
Consider me king of the unpolished. I go for the “glue it together and make shit work” method more than I probably should. But hey, that’s how I was brought up in this world of business. I’ve always been the one that wants to try new things and prove a thesis. With this, especially in […]
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Is Twitter really imploding? Here’s my quick take.
With all of the doom and gloom that you see across Twitter about the internal imploding of the company, I think it’s time for someone to show an alternative viewpoint other than “Elon is ruining this and everyone is quitting. blah blah blah.” I think what we’re hearing on the outside is greatly exaggerated on […]
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What’s In My Bag (2022 Edition)
Can you believe it’s that time of year again already? That’s right – it’s time for 2022’s edition of What’s In My Bag. Okay, I kinda jacked this idea from Matt Mullenweg. But it’s a rad concept, so whatever. I’ve really got into minimalism / essentialism this year, so what I have are the things […]
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Does this really need to be synchronous?
Before you ask someone to jump in Slack for 5 minutes, ask yourself “does this really need to be synchronous?” I’ve always heard about and admired those that work asynchronously (I’m giving a tip of the hat to you here Cal.com, 37signals, Automattic, and Buffer). I love the concept, but always thought it wasn’t for […]
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Stay scrappy
I dig the scrappy entrepreneurs. Yeah, of course there’s a stage in life and business where you don’t need to hack your way through everything. I get that and think that’s awesome. But in all honesty, you probably don’t need the top shelf shiny toy to make magic happen. Most times, you just need to […]
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We’re all just winging it
Have you ever looked at successful individuals, or just older folks than you in general, and said to yourself, “damn, they seem to just have it all figured out?” Well, Buckle your seatbelts, because I’m about to unlock one of the greatest secrets of humankind on you. No one has it all figured out. We’re […]
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Viva la punk rock
One of my neighbors texted me a link to a SoundCloud account that had a few of my old punk songs on them. Oh man, those were the days. Viva la punk rock. Enjoy and feel free to make fun of me in the process 😂👇 -AJM
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Nothing personal, it’s just business.
I used to take everything in business so personally. If an idea was shot down, it was an attack on me. If I was passed up for a special project, it must’ve been because the manager didn’t like me. If I didn’t get a pay raise or bonus, the only answer was clearly that the […]
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Reminding myself to zoom out
Zoom out. You’re doing better than you realize. That’s what I’m trying to tell myself at least. It’s hard to see the full magnitude of where you are in life and the progress you’re making towards your goals. Like most, I’m assuming, it’s a tall ask to get out of your head, take a breath, […]
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Remove decisions from your life
35,000 – that’s the number of decisions the average person makes in a single day. That’s 127,750,000 decisions a year… at minimum. That’s a hell of a lot of brain power needed, especially when the majority of decision you need to make are so damn tedious. It’s no wonder people are getting decision fatigue left […]