Long story short, it’s through thinking creatively through great frameworks. A frameworks is an organized way to breakdown a complex question. Contrary to common intuition, constraints create creativity. (I couldn’t resist the alliteration.) For example, if I ask you to come up with a new recipe on the spot, you’ll likely find it much more…

Everything starts in the mind first, and then translates to the body. The better you can conceptualize how you’re going to do something the more precise you become. Maybe that’s visualizing how you’ll approach the last lap in the race, or where you’ll start generating sounds to hit that note. And if you’re Micheal Phelps,…

(And no, I’m not talking about the ones under the tree.) It’s incredible how poor self awareness can be. If you ask yourself, what am I good at, it’s not surprising if you draw a blank. So consider these two tips to finding your gifts: Ask your friends, What are the one or two things…

The book “Inspired” by Marty Cagan breaks down the basics of product management. One thing that surprised me was how you create a good product roadmap. A product roadmap is prioritized list of features and projects. A company uses this to 1) ensure we’re working on the highest-value thing first and 2) coordinate across marketing,…

If someone forgives you of a financial debt there is no expectation of repayment. Similar is the formula of forgiveness for other hurts. Some expectations I’ve had when forgiving previously:Expectation that they would changeExpectation that they would ask me for forgivenessExpectation that they would acknowledge the hurt Very simply, forgiveness is: Identifying what they took…