A great thing about working in the advertising business, is it teaches you to always be asking the question, “Why should I be interested?” | Continue reading
The work that keeps companies going day in and day out is done by your employees, and for that they deserve more than just fair pay and reasonable hours | Continue reading
The thing is, we’re all looking for Jerusalem, in our own way. A place where we can be our best selves, a place where we can do our best work. | Continue reading
If you read the news today, everything seems like a bit of a dumpster fire. The economy, international politics… it all seems a bit of a mess. | Continue reading
Ah. So you spend the first two decades of your life being told that you’re special, that the future belongs to you. Then, SPLAT! You hit the real world | Continue reading
When you love an idea, it’s far easier to sell it to others. The trouble starts when the love isn’t there. The trouble starts when you start faking it. | Continue reading
Dig a little, and you’ll find a whole minefield of reasons why anyone would be mad enough to become an entrepreneur | Continue reading
You notice this, as you get older: That you can be terribly clever and right all the time, yet still be pretty unsuccessful. | Continue reading
Anybody trying to do anything creative is haunted by the ever-present idea of failure. | Continue reading
Twitter, Facebook, Medium, LinkedIn etc are awash with self-impressed founder-entrepreneur types who LOVE talking about the glories of sacrifice | Continue reading
many times a day we are reminded that habits and behaviors are cited as the root cause of great disability, and the opportunity for vibrant health | Continue reading
We all dream of that moment arriving. That moment when your career reaches “Peak You”. | Continue reading
The first part is having something to say. The second part is figuring out how to say it, without getting hurt. | Continue reading
When Granny told you to “count your blessings”, she wasn’t just sharing a nice folksy way to virtue signal | Continue reading
when we realize that instead of writing that novel or hanging out with our kids , we chose instead to spend our time staring into our evil, little screen. | Continue reading
David Ogilvy once said that in order to have business partners, one must learn how to forgive. | Continue reading
if you make art for long enough, you realize that asking these questions is a big part of it as well. | Continue reading
If only we were all swashbuckling world-changers, living on the edge, at the intersection of badass and crushing it. But sadly, that’s not you. | Continue reading
, companies with a high empathetic culture are for more productive than non-empathetic businesses, with far higher employee retention rates. | Continue reading
Eventually one has to stop comparing oneself to other people, what I call “comparing your inside with someone else’s outside”. | Continue reading
It’s good to have dreams. After all that’s what being American is all about. | Continue reading
We’re great believers in the idea that gratitude plays a big part in being happy and successful, and that gratitude precedes the latter two | Continue reading
human beings are hyper social creatures, who learn mostly by copying others. And when we copy something, it is never 100% accurate, so mutations occur. | Continue reading
You haven’t failed. You just haven’t arrived. Yet. Sometimes, failure is real. But most of the time, it’s just an illusion, a narrative, we give ourselves. | Continue reading
Sure, you’ve got a vision. Sure, you’ve got a plan. But what you also have, is a bunch of employees looking over a cliff. | Continue reading
On the Sermon on The Mount (Matthew 5:5), Jesus declares: “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” | Continue reading
Show me a great product (Microsoft’s or otherwise), and I’ll show you a person who uncovered an amazing secret somewhere | Continue reading
It’s being able to fight for what you believe in. It’s being able to vote for what you think is right. | Continue reading
What does “Architect your own destiny” actually mean? It basically means, “Become the master of your own destiny.” | Continue reading
if there aren't a clear set of beliefs that define how and why you do what you do, then you're probably not as effective as you could be. | Continue reading
Eventually, if you’ve managed to live long enough, you get to the point where there’s no more waiting to see what you become once you’ve grown up. | Continue reading
The phrase, “The Fog of War” was made famous during the Gulf Wars. It’s a big part of being a soldier; of course it is. | Continue reading
Turns out it isn’t the shiny objects that make us happy in the long run, but the normal, everyday stuff. | Continue reading
Working for a company that’s changing the world (or at least, the part of the world that interests you the most) is fun. | Continue reading
When you’re young, the thought of mediocrity is terrifying. Imagine- an endless road of “Meh”. | Continue reading
Creativity not as an art form or means of self expression, but as a way of solving a problem. That’s what it’s really for. | Continue reading
So what don’t people have enough of? So what does scale? That’s easy: Mattering. Making a difference. Inspiration. Hope. Creativity. Being in the zone | Continue reading
great cultures don’t just come from on high, by decree. That nobody loves their fellow employee, just because the CEO (or Emperor) tells to them to. | Continue reading
As you get older, it’s not the stuff on your highlight reel that makes you happy, but the normal stuff you do every day. | Continue reading
great teams are built on two very important ingredients: Trust and a shared sense of Purpose. | Continue reading
Gratitude is having an abundance mindset. When you think abundantly, the world is your oyster; there is limitless opportunity and possibility for you. | Continue reading
We have a saying here at Gapingvoid: “Nothing happens until somebody feels something”. In other words, the transaction comes after the fact | Continue reading
Not everybody has to be a boss. Not everybody has to be an entrepreneur or a CEO or a billionaire or a celebrity. | Continue reading
It is also true that positive behaviors spread. Acts of kindness and generosity lead to more acts of kindness and generosity. | Continue reading
So who calls the shots? They guy with the money, or the guy with the talent? That depends on who needs who the most. | Continue reading
Jerry Colonna is famous in startup circles as a business coach. A former VC, he gave it all up to help people. | Continue reading
So, when one is fighting the business culture war, one question you need to ask is, how in line is our culture with our mission, our purpose? | Continue reading
You spend a couple of decades, your hear a lot of people in business with all these very fancy plans. | Continue reading