Build something real. Create something amazing. Charge for it. Tend and nurture your following. Spend less than you earn.
The money will come.
Forget the quick buck, exit strategy. Build a legacy.
From the monthly archives:
April 2011
April 13, 2011
Build a Legacy, not an Exit
April 8, 2011
What I want to be when I grow up.
What I don’t want to be.
I don’t want to manage people. I don’t want to tell them what to do. I don’t want them to tell me what’s wrong. I don’t want to know what time they started work. I don’t want to know what time they finished work. I don’t even want to know if they came to work or where they are on the planet. I don’t want to be a meeting convenor.
What I do want to be.
An editor. A collator of brilliant ideas. A facilitator of resources to make them happen. Always on. Always inspired and hopefully inspiring. Creating things that push boundaries, are better than what was before, and I don’t just talk about it, we ship like stink. We ship “brilliance” out the door every week, week after week, relentlessly and with passion.
That’s what I want to do. That’s what I want to be when I grow up.
April 6, 2011
It Is Going To Get Faster
I realized a long time ago that rate of change is exponential, not linear, and that multiplier of events, the speeding up of change, was due to our ability to specialize, communicate and share.
What I just realized is that the industrial age was the process. The schools teach you to take direction well, someone tells you what to do, and you execute. Works great on a factory floor. But, that’s going the way of the dodo. The industrial age is dying, long live the creative age. Today, we as individuals can execute to our maximum potential, not the lowest common denominator. Small teams are crushing giants in their wake. Desktop manufacturing. Computing power on your phone that could only be found at MIT 40 years ago. Kickstarter.com. Crowd sourcing. And I could go on.
What happens when we all start executing rather than standing around waiting to be told what to do? Holy crap will rate of change explode.
April 4, 2011
Who Do You Hire?
Someone who takes direction well?
- or -
Someone who gives direction well?
