1: Our work can become all-consuming.
“Where one’s identity in prior generations might come from being the son of so-and-so or living in a particular part of town or being a member of a church or club,” Timothy Keller writes in Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work, “today young people are seeking to define themselves by the status of their work.”
Which can become dangerous.… continue reading
1: Fair is fair. Until it isn’t.
The actor and comedienne Robin Williams wanted to do something special for his kids, Chris Voss writes in his book Never Split the Difference.
So, he agreed to be the voice of the Genie in Disney’s Aladdin for a fee of $75,000. Far below his usual $8 million payday.
“But then something happened,” Chris notes. “The movie became a huge hit, raking … continue reading
1: “Monday, July 1st, 1776, began hot and steamy in Philadelphia, and before the morning was ended a full-scale summer storm would break,” David McCullough writes in his Pulitzer-Prize-winning biography John Adams.
John Adams, then one of Massachusetts’s delegates to the Second Continental Congress, was up before sunrise.
Early that morning, he wrote a long letter to Archibald Bulloch, the new president of Georgia: “This morning is … continue reading
1: Something surprising was about to happen.
The entrepreneurs had gathered to pitch their business idea to a group of business executives.
The stakes were high. Each entrepreneur had spent countless hours perfecting what they would say.
Because they knew they would be ranked. Only the very best pitches would earn an invitation to present to a group of angel investors.
2: There was another observer in the room that … continue reading
What’s the first secret of being a great place to work?
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
The last several Fridays, we’ve been looking at the strategic importance of being a great place to work.… continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
Question: What’s the big deal about being a great place to work?
Four words.
The. War. For. Talent.
The current unemployment rate is 3.4%. The unemployment rate for college … continue reading
1: “Early-stage passion doesn’t look like late-stage passion,” Steven Kotler writes in The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer.
Imagine LeBron James as “a little kid standing in front of a big hoop, trying to get his shots to drop,” Steven writes. “On the front end, passion is nothing more than the overlap of multiple curiosities coupled to a few wins.”
Sure, to be passionate, we want to … continue reading
Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
This week we’ve looked at the importance of will in Ryan Holiday’s brilliant book The Obstacle is the Way. What is will? Ryan tells us will is our internal … continue reading
