Strategy

Ask the Strategist: Three Rules To Follow If You’re Not Sure Which Project To Do Next

“Ask the Strategist” tackles your questions about productivity, operations, decision making, and results. Sebastian Marshall kicks this month off with a three-step solution for goal paralysis. I work really hard both professionally and on myself (health/fitness, education/online learning) – I now have two weeks off and I’m trying to work out what to work on. I have […]

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Beware of Silver Bullets and Treasure Maps in 2016

Business, Strategy / Pia Silva

What would you do to hit your business goals this year? This is a public service announcement on buying Silver Bullet and Treasure Map Solutions. Whether you plan to go it alone, hire a team, or pay for a solution…whatever you do, proceed with caution. We live in a time where everyone is selling something.

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Checkmate: Using Chess Fundamentals to Achieve Your Goals

Business, Career, Strategy / Andy P. Smith

My Dad taught me how to play chess when I was 9 or 10 years old. By the time I was 11, I was running a local chess club and by 12 years old I was competing in USCF tournaments, sometimes winning hundreds or thousands of dollars in prize money. Chess was essentially my first

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Past Present Podcast: Life Coaches

Life, Podcast, Strategy / Natalia Petrzela

On this Past Present Podcast episode, Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil Young discuss life coaches. Life coaching is big business these days, but there’s still some confusion about what life coaches actually do. Natalia drew from the sociologist Arlie Hochschild’s work on the outsourcing of intimate labor to argue that life coaches are often

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A New Approach to Goals: How Are You Trending?

2 Comments / Business, Career, Strategy / Jeremy Schwartz

Discussions around career and business planning tend to boil down to a seemingly straightforward three-step process: First, set a clear goal. Second, chart a course to that goal. Third, keep your eyes on the fixed prize. This approach assumes a few things that have never been true for me, so it’s always struck me as

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Choosing to Be Your Own Captain

1 Comment / Career, Life, Strategy / Amy Green

It’s easy in life to blame others for our lack of success, but in reality, no one else is responsible for our success, our failures, or our unhappiness other than ourselves. You alone are responsible for your own happiness and you alone are in control of your success… give that concept a moment of thought.

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January 2016: Defining Your Own Success

1 Comment / Strategy / Ciara

To kick off the New Year and the first edition of Pregame, I invited the people who inspire me in my own pursuit of success to share their spin: How do you define success? How does it change over time? How do you set and achieve goals? What helps you make important decisions? Spoiler alert: there

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