Give up on the guesswork. Decide what you’re going to do this week, not this year. Figure out the next most important thing and do that. Make decisions right before you do something, not far in advance.

A written business plan is practically useless. Creating a plan allows...

Too many leaders are preoccupied with growing their companies. In reality, they should be more concerned with finding the right size for their companies.

• Expanding prematurely often leads to downsizing, damaging the morale and productivity of those who stay. 
• Sustainability and...

Workaholics aren’t heroes. They don’t save the day, they just use it. The real hero is already home because he/she figured out a faster way to get things done.

To do great work, you need to feel that you’re making a difference. That you’re putting a meaningful dent in the universe. That you...

• Make tiny decisions. It’s difficult to make and change serious decisions.
• Taking tiny solutions makes it hard to make big mistakes. And it’s easier to change them.

Trade the dream of overnight success for slow, measured growth. It’s hard, but you have to be patien...

The longer the list of unfinished items, the worse you feel about it. And at a certain point, you just stop looking at it because it makes you feel bad. Then you stress out and the whole thing turns into a big mess. 

• Divide your long list into many smaller ones. The List of 100 points ...

The easiest, most straightforward way to create a great product or service is to make something you want to use. 

Until you actually start making something, your brilliant idea is just that, an idea. And everyone’s got one of those.

Ideas are cheap and plentif...

• Whenever you can, swap “Let’s think about it” for “Let’s decide on it.” Commit to making decisions.
• Don’t wait for the perfect solution. Decide and move forward.
• When is your product or service finished? When should you put it out on the market? And when is it safe to let peo...