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🗣️ “If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one." -Russian Proverb

🗣️ "Be like a postage stamp—stick to one thing until you get there." -Josh Billings

🗣️ "Multitasking is merely the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time." -Steve Uzzell

🗣️ "There is time enough for everything, in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time." -Philip Dormer Stanhope

​This One Tip Will Improve Your Communication More Than Anything Else​ Tap into the secret power of WIIFM to write better emails, craft stronger pitches, and persuade more people ​Read more​

​The Best Quotes About Hard Work​ If you're looking for some quick inspo today, here are the best quotes I’ve found about work ethic ​Read more​

​I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi​ ​Nonfiction: Personal Finance, Money I've seen this million-copy bestseller on bookshelves for years and finally picked up a copy. Even though I have my MBA, this book still taught me a lot about investing, 401ks, IRAs, and more.

​Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo​ ​Nonfiction: Nature, Sharks Did you know that in 1916, a great white shark killed 4 people in a 2-week killing spree off the Jersey Shore? Insane! The first 100 pages of the book offer an interesting backstory on 1900s America and sharks. Then the killing starts.

🗣️ "If you will first help people get what they want, they will help you get what you want." -Zig Ziglar

One of the biggest ways to destroy trust as a leader is to take undue credit for your direct reports' work.

New managers are especially susceptible because they often lack confidence and want to score victories with the higher-ups.

Here's my warning: DON'T DO IT!

Instead, do this:

• When someone helps you with a challenging problem, give them credit. Thank them and tell others.
• Share positive feedback in 1-on-1s and give kudos in team meetings.
• Praise your top performers in front of your boss and the company higher-ups.

Raising the profile of your team members simultaneously raises your profile as their leader.

As my friend James says, “If you make everyone on your team successful, how can you not be successful?”

My youngest brother Shawn has been in town the past few days. It's been a great weekend full of our favorite things: movies, baseball, and good food.

We watched The Odyssey (my second time seeing it), hit a few breweries and restaurants, and walked around my Seattle neighborhood of Fremont.

But the highlight was catching two Mariners games against the Chicago Cubs, and the Mariners won BOTH with dramatic walk-off hits. They were two of the best games I've ever watched in person.

The Mariners still have an outside shot at making the playoffs this year, but we'll need a solid final month to pull it off. Go M's!

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