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So you tried something and it blew up in your face. But you did it when no one else would. And now you stand at a crossroads – whether to go forward or hold back – making 100% sure that your next ship is perfect. If you stop, you’ll never know what you could have accomplished but also never have to worry about the not so perfect ship. If you start, you might never get there, you might never reach…

The Freelancer focuses on unique value propositions for their customers. The Freelancer does not dabble in mass production. The Freelancer moves with trends in the industry, working with them and not against them. The Freelancer is more about delivery and less on process. The Freelancer seeks simplicity and not complexity. The Freelancer grows with their clientele, seeing them through the good times and the bad. The Freelancer is nimble, able to change directions in an…

In sports, when you are trying to get the play out of your end and setup the team to score in the opposing end you are executing a breakout. A predetermined strategy where everyone knows what part they have in the play that if executed correctly should yield a goal (i.e., a win). A breakout requires a team to be working as one and a leader to set it up. The question becomes whether your…

There are some great posts here on how to give feedback to people; How to Give Feedback I don’t care enough to give Constructive Feedback And as much as it probably pains you to sometimes do, the Giving is the easy part. The hard part – receiving it, processing it, moving forward with it – that is where we all struggle. If you really, really, really want to take feedback then you need to be…