Category: Expectations
-
Scheduling, payoff, and clarity
As I return to my business writing practice, I’ve also been getting in the groove of finding new business opportunities. Using the Consistency Journal, I’ve found three things that get in the way of me practicing every day: Scheduling: You need to make time to practice. You can do so ahead of time, or you…
-
Reflecting on creative consistency
When some of my friends set their minds to something, they don’t stop. They make it look easy. I know friends who commit to publishing a newsletter every month, and they’ve been doing it for years. Though I write this blog post every day, there are many times when I consider quitting. The path is…
-
Confidence is high
Wayne Chang was a professor at the University of Waterloo’s entrepreneurship and business program. At the end of classes and emails, he would close off with the statement, “Confidence is high.” In their tributes to him, this motto was one that students recalled and reaffirmed. Wayne passed away months ago, before I found out about…
-
Ira Glass, and the gap
A few days ago, I published an essay convincing you to be prolific. I was elaborating on the idea that focusing on quantity will lead to better quality, a lesson I learned in 2013. When I was writing that original post, I came across a useful metaphor from Ira Glass, about how people experience a…
-
A restaurant’s evolution
Several years ago, if you had lunch or dinner at Kingyo Izakaya, you would likely sit at a table on its main floor. Perhaps your seat would be in part of its big booth, or at the communal dining table with a tank containing the restaurant’s namesake, goldfish, in the middle. You might find yourself…
-
Be mindful of renting capabilities
“For a while, he even makes you believe that his power has become yours. Irresistible power… that makes every desire’s fufilment seem inevitable.” When I heard this line from Rings of Power, it reminded me of this: Sometimes, business partners want to make you rely on them in order to gain leverage on you—as if…