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I did my first practice pitch to relatives this past week. I had my colorful pitch deck of 13 slides ready to go and presented them. Most importantly, the slides did their job in presenting: The above was conveyed clearly and the information landed the way I intended. I’d also discovered after the practice pitch…
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Welcome To My Brain is two weeks old! I think milestones should be celebrated and posting every day for two weeks seems mild, but it’s still something. How many projects do we start and never finish? No one ever has an idea and instantly makes it or becomes rich; it’s in the execution of the…
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There’s something wrong with today’s job market. I’ve thought about this a lot recently as I’ve applied to a few jobs looking to bolster my income. The economy is in a stage of transformation (or upheaval) and business for my company has slowed. (Some of this is also because of the time of year —…
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“Write to please just one person.” — Kurt Vonnegut I found this quote in perfect timing. I started this blog in that very spirit. It’s the reason I post once a day (I’m the one person). It must also be the reason I gave up on journalism in college (I went to Pitt for English…
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I recently realized something interesting. The past twelve months have been rough for a variety of reasons, and it’s left me constantly checking bank accounts and investments, witnessing the eternal tug-of-war between profit and loss. The mantra of the day has been “where are my accounts at?” Did I make twelve cents in interest? At…
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I like blogging this way. The only thing I commit to is one post per day. That’s it. I used to have another blog called Quit Your Job. I liked the title and it was born immediately after I left my retain job in 2019. It was going to be a blog about doing the…
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I’ve always been a fan of the manta that a good idea seeks you out. If it continues to come back to you, if you find yourself thinking about it for months or years, and it just wont go away, there must be something to it, right? The idea itself is for an EdTech app…
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I had an idea once for business called Compliment Cards. You could buy a small deck of little cards that had pre-printed compliments on them like “You’re doing a great job, keep going” or “I think you’re really cute.” The concept was to give them to strangers, leave them with a tip at a restaurant,…
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I truly believe few things will change your life more than having a morning routine. I think every single human being can benefit from a morning routine, but if you want to be successful you must have a rigid process after stepping out of bed. Ten years ago I started getting up early. I got…
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““A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook…
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