This is a story of one person's unlikely success within the context of scores of embarassing failures.Was my eventual success primarily a result of talent, luck, hard work or an accidental just-right balance of each? All I know for sure is that I pursued a strategy of managing my opportunities in a way that would make it easier for luck to find me.

The systems model can be applied to most human endeavors:<ul><li>In the world of dieting - losing twenty pounds is a goal, but eating right is a system.</li><li>In the exercise/fitness realm - running a marathon in under four hours is a goal, but exercising daily is a system.</li><li>In business - making a million pounds is a goal, but being a serial entrepreneur is a system.</li></ul>

Goals V Systems

A goal Is a specific objective that you either achieve or don't some time in the future.If you are waiting to achieve it someday in the future, it's a goal. A system is something you do regularly which increases your odds of happiness in the long run.If you do something regularly, it's a system.

Think of your priorities in terms of concentric circles, like an archery target:1st ring - you. Take care of your health.2nd ring - economics. Your job, investments, property. If you don't get your personal finance engine working right, then you place a burden on your family and the country.3rd ring - family, friends and lovers. To truly enjoy life, you need to be right with these relations.4th ring - your local community, your country and the world, in that order. Dont bother to fix the world before controlling the inner circles.

The Energy Metric 

The smartest system for discerning your best path to success involves trying lots of different things - sampling.It's generally true that if no one is excited about your art/product/idea in the beginning, they never will be.Don't be fooled by the opinions of friends and family. They are all liars.

Recognising Your Talents

Every business or social activity requires a basic understanding of how the human brain perceives the world. We are all in the business of selling some version of ourselves. Psychology is embedded in everything we do.How much more effective would you be if you had a greater understanding of psychology? Answer: a lot.It's a good idea to make psychology your lifelong study. On a scale of one to ten, the importance of understanding psychology is a solid ten.

Psychology

A list of important patterns for success:<ol><li>Lack of fear of embarrassment - this allows one to be proactive. Its what makes someone take on challenges instead of writing it off as too risky.</li><li>Education - having the right level of education limits the risk of unemployment.</li><li>Excercise - good health is a baseline requirement for success. Exercises makes a person smarter, psychologically braver, more creative, more energetic, and more influential.</li></ol>

Pattern Recognition 

People who enjoy humour are simply more attractive than people who don't.Humour raises energy, this boost in energy makes you more willing to excercise, which raises your overall energy even more.A map of traps to avoid: <ul><li>Overcomplaining is never funny</li><li>Don't overdo self deprecation</li><li>Don't mock people</li><li>Avoid puns and wordplay</li></ul>

Humour 

People become unhappy if they have too many options in life.You want to feel like you have researched and considered all your options. ﻿Find great comfort in routine.The happiness formula:<ol><li>Eat right</li><li>Excercise</li><li>Get enough sleep</li><li>Imagine an incredible future </li><li>Work towards a flexible schedule</li><li>Do things you can steadily improve at</li><li>Help others (if you've already helped yourself)</li><li>Reduce daily decisions to routine </li></ol>

Happiness And Routine

Focus on your diet first so you have the right energy to excercise.Excercise improves your energy which in turn makes you more productive, more creative, more positive, more socially desirable, and more able to handle life's little bumps.Happiness is the only useful goal.Acquire as many key skills as possible, including public speaking, business writing, a working understanding of psychology, an understanding of basic technology concepts, social skills, proper voice technique, good grammar, and basic accounting.Think in terms of systems, not goals.

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A compilation of key areas to focus on in order to increase your chances of success in life ✨️

Blasting clichéd career advice, the contrarian pundit and creator of Dilbert recounts the humorous ups and downs of his career, revealing the outsized role of luck in our lives and how best to play the system. Scott Adams has likely failed at more things than anyone you’ve ever met or anyone you’ve even heard of. So how did he go from hapless office worker and serial failure to the creator of Dilbert, one of the world’s most famous syndicated comic strips, in just a few years? In How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Adams shares the game plan he’s followed since he was a teen: invite failure in, embrace it, then pick its pocket. No career guide can offer advice that works for everyone. As Adams explains, your best bet is to study the ways of others who made it big and try to glean some tricks and strategies that make sense for you. Adams pulls back the covers on his own unusual life and shares how he turned one failure after another—including his corporate career, his inventions, his investments, and his two restaurants—into something good and lasting. There’s a lot to learn from his personal story, and a lot of entertainment along the way. Adams discovered some unlikely truths that helped to propel him forward. For instance: • Goals are for losers. Systems are for winners. • “Passion” is bull. What you need is personal energy. • A combination of mediocre skills can make you surprisingly valuable. • You can manage your odds in a way that makes you look lucky to others. Adams hopes you can laugh at his failures while discovering some unique and helpful ideas on your own path to personal victory. As he writes: “This is a story of one person’s unlikely success within the context of scores of embarrassing failures. Was my eventual success primarily a result of talent, luck, hard work, or an accidental just-right balance of each? All I know for sure is that I pursued a conscious strategy of managing my opportunities in a way that would make it easier for luck to find me.”

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Blasting clichéd career advice, the contrarian pundit and creator of Dilbert recounts the humorous ups and downs of his career, revealing the outsized role of luck in our lives and how best to play the system. Scott Adams has likely failed at more things than anyone you’ve ever met or anyone you’ve even heard of. So how did he go from hapless office worker and serial failure to the creator of Dilbert, one of the world’s most famous syndicated comic strips, in just a few years? In How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Adams shares the game plan he’s followed since he was a teen: invite failure in, embrace it, then pick its pocket. No career guide can offer advice that works for everyone. As Adams explains, your best bet is to study the ways of others who made it big and try to glean some tricks and strategies that make sense for you. Adams pulls back the covers on his own unusual life and shares how he turned one failure after another—including his corporate career, his inventions, his investments, and his two restaurants—into something good and lasting. There’s a lot to learn from his personal story, and a lot of entertainment along the way. Adams discovered some unlikely truths that helped to propel him forward. For instance: • Goals are for losers. Systems are for winners. • “Passion” is bull. What you need is personal energy. • A combination of mediocre skills can make you surprisingly valuable. • You can manage your odds in a way that makes you look lucky to others. Adams hopes you can laugh at his failures while discovering some unique and helpful ideas on your own path to personal victory. As he writes: “This is a story of one person’s unlikely success within the context of scores of embarrassing failures. Was my eventual success primarily a result of talent, luck, hard work, or an accidental just-right balance of each? All I know for sure is that I pursued a conscious strategy of managing my opportunities in a way that would make it easier for luck to find me.”

Adams was born in Windham, New York in 1957 and received his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Hartwick College in 1979.He also studied economics and management for his 1986 MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.In recent years, Adams has been hurt with a series of debilitating health problems. Since late 2004, he has suffered from a reemergence of his focal dystonia which has affected his drawing. He can fool his brain by drawing using a graphics tablet. On December 12, 2005, Adams announced on his blog that he also suffers from spasmodic dysphonia.

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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam - Z camera system to shoot video of Phobos , one of Mars ' two moons , eclipsing the Sun. It's the most zoomed - in , highest frame - rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the Martian surface .

Solar Eclipse on Mars 

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We often regret what we didn't do than what we did. Factors hindering you from doing it could be your own negative thinking, fear of failure, fear of the unknown; or other people's opinion saying that it was a bad idea to do it.Keep in mind that you can be scared and still do it. Get out of your comfort zone, you only have 1 life, take the leap. You're the master of your life, you're in control not them.When you're stuck in making a decision, ask yourself "20 years from now would i regret it if i didn't give this a shot?"You have the choice between damn i wish i did that or damn i did that.

20 Years From Now

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The business world is constantly changing, and it's important for businesses to be able to analyze their environment and make changes accordingly.One tool that can help with this is the PESTLE analysis tool.This tool can help you assess your business environment by looking at six factors: political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental.Let's take a closer look at each of these factors.

What is PESTLE analysis and how to use it?

When you examine political variables, you're considering how government policy and activities affect the economy as well as other elements that may influence a company.The following are some of them:<ul><li>Elections</li><li>Cold-war</li><li>Trade Restrictions</li><li>Tariffs</li><li>Bureaucracy</li></ul>

1) Political Factors

Economic Factors consider a number of variables in the economy, as well as how various parts of the economy may influence your company.Central Banks and other government agencies frequently track and publish these economic indicators.The following are some examples:<ul><li>GDP value and growth rate</li><li>Taxation</li><li>Interest Rates</li><li>Exchange Rates</li><li>Inflation</li><li>Consumer Price Index (CPI)</li><li>Unemployment Rates</li></ul>

2) Economic Factors

The PESTEL analysis takes into account sociological aspects that are linked to society's cultural and demographic changes.The influence of social norms and pressures on consumer choice is critical in determining consumer behavior.The following factors must be considered:<ul><li>Cultural Aspects & Perceptions</li><li>Eating Habits</li><li>Festivals</li><li>Religion</li></ul>

3) Social Factors

Technological elements are related to innovation in the sector and the overall economy.Being unaware of current industry trends might be detrimental to a company's operations.The following are examples of technological components:<ul><li>Internet connectivity</li><li>Automation</li></ul>

4) Technological Factors

The distinction between political and legal variables is frequently unclear in the context of a PESTEL analysis.Legal factors are concerned with any legal forces that restrict or enable a company's activities.Legal factors include the following:<ul><li>Industry Regulation</li><li>Licenses & Permits</li><li>Labor Laws</li></ul>

5) Legal Factors

These factors have little to do with the company's actual operations, such as climate, pollution, weather, and environmental regulations.The company might have to spend money on green technologies, or it may be affected by government regulations.Key environmental factors include the following:<ul><li>Waste Treatment</li><li>Usage of raw materials</li><li>Temperature</li><li>Climate Change</li><li>Pollution</li><li>Natural disasters (tsunamis, tornadoes, etc.)</li></ul>

6) Environmental Factors

The conclusions drawn from a PESTEL analysis may be utilized in other strategic frameworks such as SWOT Analysis and Porter's 5 Forces where relevant.

Using PESTLE With Other Tools

The PESTEL framework is an important strategic tool for understanding the macroenvironment in which your business operates.

The business world is constantly changing, and it's important for businesses to be able to analyze their environment and make changes accordingly. One tool that can help with this is the PESTLE analysis tool. This tool can help you assess your business environment.

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questions help us develop relationships and deepen our understanding. they allow us to show our interest in the work of others. asking good questions can set you apart from your peers.

1/QUESTION EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING

nd at least one person in your sphere you want to be like or have qualities you admire. learn from this person, observe how they treat others and conduct themselves. having someone be aspirational in your sphere can push you forward.

FIND ASPIRATIONAL PEOPLE

when it’s time to leave a role, it’s time to leave. don’t waste time sitting without growth. you’re either growing experience or compensation. both is great. neither is a sign to go.

DONT LET THE DOOR HIT YA

Businesses are deep & complex machines that have endless and evolving sets of understanding. once you fall into a rhythm of work, don’t lose sight of the need to keep learning. those who want to advance never stop learning & bringing more to the table.

NEVER STOP LEARNING

as you progress and rise through an organization, learn more about what other functions do. understand the big picture. foresee the challenges and impacts to others and call them out. having this view makes you a more valuable senior team player.

GO WIDE TO GO UP

if the work you’ve been given or own doesn’t compliment the skills you want to grow, seek out the growth yourself. join groups. read books. get a side hustle. do what you need to keep growing and compliment your skills.

FIND WAYS TO ENHANCE SKILLSET

A carreer lesson from a coporate exexutive that can be used in almost any job.

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Six Career Advice from Marcus Celestin (A Brilliant Under 30 Corporate Executive)

Your habits can either help you succeed or contribute to your failure.﻿

Habits Are The Things That Differentiate Us

Most people start out working under someone else, while very few venture into a vocation without really working under anybody. Whatever path you're on, the only thing certain to guarantee speedy progress is growth. When you're intentional about growth, you'd gather knowledge and experience quickly and these would propel you to great heights

Do your best while you can

For an employee, a growth mindset means taking the business as your own, doing your best and exceeding expectations. People tend to consider these things as foolish; they believe it makes you a “yes-man” for your boss. But what they fail to see is that imbibing a growth mindset isn't as much about what your employer or organization would gain from it as it is about you growing fast.Whether you're an employee or business owner, decide today to make growth a priority.

“Successful people, whether they're working for somebody else or working for themselves, do whatever they do to the best of their ability – as if the boss is watching them every minute of every day.”

Unfortunately, for far too many people, their motivation is their bills. A lot of us get all set for work early in the morning and return late, all just for the bills; there's nothing else driving us. No higher purpose, no vision, nothing. And that's why it's easy to get distracted in the day. It also explains why our lives seem to end after the day's work is over; why we keep negative friends; why we indulge in destructive habits and so on.

Vision brings meaning to your actions

Success is all about meeting set targets and that means if you have no target you're pursuing, then you can't succeed. It's just like getting into your car with no destination in mind. You'd waste gas without getting anywhere or accomplishing anything.

Without a vision for your life, the likelihood of living a waste

Pause for a moment to think about your life and the things you'd like to accomplish. Find a nice piece of paper, write an area of your life — say relationship or money — then below it, write down the things you want to see in that area. For example, if you write romantic relationships, under it, create a vision that appeals to you. Do you want a mutually satisfying relationship with your significant other? What kind of family would you like to raise? Write them all down .Do the same exercise for every other area of life. It may take hours or days to complete, but don't stop until you're done.

By the time you're done, you'll have been clear on what you want out of life. From now, you'll seize to live just for living sake, but every moment of the day, you'd know the reason for doing what you do. You'd become less distracted, more focused and less likely to make mistakes your future self would regret.

Pick a piece of paper to write down anything you want in life. Then below it, write down why you want it. For example, you may want financial freedom because you've been broke before and you don't want to return to that kind of life. Next, ask yourself the “why” behind the first why.Example: I want financial freedom because I don't want to go broke again. But why don't I want to be broke?Think about it and answer the question. Let's assume you don't want to be broke again because you were broke as a kid and it forced you to take on jobs you didn't like. Up next, ask the third why.

Understand the WHY behind your actions

Always repeat the want, followed by all the why's you've discovered before asking the next why. Do this until you've asked yourself seven times. Make sure it's seven! Not five, not eight, seven.As you approach and get to number seven, the reasons you begin to give will come right from your heart and that's your true WHY.

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There's a hero in you as much as there's a villain in there, but the one you concentrate most on is the one that wins.Focus on your strengths. All through life, well meaning people have taught us to work on our weaknesses but how far has that advice taken us? For most people, the advice to work on weaknesses has only resulted in frustration. The truth is, you'd never be good at everything.Focusing on your weaknesses and failing will feed the villain in you which in turn waters down your confidence. Don't let it happen.

Deal with the enemy within

How do you identify a limiting belief or negative story you've been clinging to? All it takes is a little soul searching. When you consider starting something new like a business or getting married, what's the first thing you say to yourself? What's that first thought that comes to mind? If it goes something like “marriage is hard, no point trying or I'm not smart enough to grow a business from scratch” then, bingo, you just found the belief holding you back. Follow the trail of that thought, keep searching your soul and you'd find the story that's been keeping you.

Create a positive story for yourself

Your habits can either make or mar you; they either push you forward or limit you, so choose them wisely.The things you do daily are what come together to create the future big thing you're seeking. If you're going to have a more impactful career in the future, it's not up to what you do tomorrow, it's what you do today and the day that follows that will eventually add up to create the future you desire.Create an empowering story for your life. Make sure it's about the goals you want to achieve and it highlights your strengths while saying nothing about your weaknesses.

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Quality summary of Millionaire Success Habits: The Gateway to Wealth & Prosperity by Dean Graziosi

Millionaire Success Habits: The Gateway to Wealth & Prosperity by Dean Graziosi

“We take other men’s knowledge and opinions upon trust; which is an idle and superficial learning. We must make them our own. We are just like a man who, needing fire, went to a neighbor’s house to fetch it, and finding a very good one there, sat down to warm himself without remembering to carry any back home. What good does it do us to have our belly full of meat if it is not digested, if it is not transformed into us, if it does not nourish and support us?”

Most of that information is irrelevant. If only we could sort what matters from what doesn’t. The good news is that you can train your brain to evaluate the quality of information.Not only can you quickly determine if someone knows what they are talking about but you can sort the important information from the irrelevant information and focus your time on what matters.How? It turns out that Nobel Laurette Richard Feynman thought about this problem and created a series of “tricks” that he used repeatedly

We Are Drowning In Information

<ul><li>Decide whether someone else truly knows their stuff or is mimicking others.</li><li>What you want is to get as close to the truth as you can with the information available.</li><li>Knowledge is not static, and we need to be open to continually evaluating what we think we know.</li><li>Ask the right question, which is not “Could this be the case?” but “Is this actually the case?”</li><li>Not using the same data that gave you the clue to make the conclusion.</li><li>The plural of anecdote is not data. We must use proper statistical sampling.</li><li>Realize that we are missing information that we don’t know we’re missing.</li></ul>

Feynman's 7 “Tricks” for Evaluating Information

Richard Feynman offers a list of seven tricks that you can use to quickly sort important from irrelevant information and focus on what matters.

Evaluating Information: Find the Signal in the Noise

Filter & Apply the knowledge & ideas you get in your life immediately and keep it low to save the cost of failure.

Get It Done!

You should embrace failure rather than fearing it. But keep the important and financial costs low.

Stop Fearing Failure 

The world has moved from static to dynamic phase over a century ago. You must manage your time effectively to work on multi dimensions but with focused mindset.

Be Dynamically Optimistic.

Knowledge is the engine but action is the fuel to run your car called life.

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Understand yourself and those around you.

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Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied. ~ Dale Carnegie

Most people are paralyzed by fear.But elite performers aren't.Here's how to overcome your fear like the best in the world:

How To Overcome Fear Like A Pro 

• Every successful person feels fearStart by realizing everyone faces fear.It may seem like some are “fearless.”They’ve just learned to move through it.No successful person is immune from fear.And nothing great is possible without it.Remember this.

Everybody Feels Fear 

Most fear exists in the future.You worry, and it gets worse.The solution: stay present.Be where your feet are.Focus on what you see.Stop worrying and act.The fear will fade.

Fear fades in the present

On the surface, fear looks daunting.Crack the facade + you see its shallowness. Reality is rarely worse than our imagination.Our minds build up obstacles + enemies.Fear wants us to feel overwhelmed.See it for the illusion it is.

Fear is a facade

There’s a popular acronym: F.E.A.R.False Evidence Appearing Real.Our mind and emotions trick us.They make us think feelings = truth.Logic is the remedy. Ask:What are the facts?What’s the worst case?Calm, rational logic defeats fear.

Face fear with logic

The SEALs have a saying: “full benefit.”Things that suck make you better.Hiking + it pours rain? Full benefit.Writing + lose a draft? Full benefit.Driving + tire goes flat? Full benefit.Fear provides the same opportunity.Welcome it.

Fear provides full benefit

Fear is often rooted in what others think.We use that as an excuse not to do.But every great triumph carried risk.Every one had people casting doubt.Where would we be if the greats let this stop them?Release your fear of judgment.

Let go of opinions

Feeling scared is out of your control.Living in a state of fear is fully within it.Temporary scares come and go in life.But don’t accept fear as a way of life.You have the power to choose:Will I move forward through this?

Being afraid is a choice

All growth is a leap into the unknown.No one can tell you how to do it.No one can tell you if it will work.If they could, it wouldn’t be scary.If it wasn’t scary, everyone would do it.Fear is an opportunity.Embrace the growth within it.

Fear is growth disguised

If you’re not willing to leap, you’ll never do anything worthwhile in life.Fear is the great separator. You remember those who faced it.You’ve never heard of those who didn’t.

Anything worth doing is scary

Most people see fear as a red light.They stop and wait until it’s safe.Reframe your mind to see green.The fear you feel is a signal.You’re doing something meaningful.GO.

Fear is a green light

Preparation defeats fear.Visual it, feel it, anticipate it, explore it.The vagueness of fear is what’s scary.When we prepare, its power crumbles.Fear is a thief in the night.Run from it, and it’s emboldened.Anticipate it, and its grip loosens.

Anticipate fear

Facing fear is a muscle like anything else.The more we do it, the easier it becomes.Don’t wait for fear to come. Go find it.Accept this will be hard. Do it anyway.Hard things deter cowards and strengthen the courageous.This is how you train for life.

Do hard things

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By now you’ve probably heard about Stack Overflow’s commitment to making remote work, well… work. If not, you can read about it <a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2013/02/01/why-we-still-believe-in-working-remotely/">here </a>, <a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2017/04/14/cant-afford-private-offices/">here </a>, and a whole page of links <a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/tags/remote-work/">here </a>. Seriously, we care about it a LOT. At Stack Overflow we want to hire the best person for the job, even if that person is in Salt Lake City, Utah; Berlin, Germany; or São Paulo, Brazil. Promoting remote work promotes diversity, and we are committed to improving both.

The logistics of Stack Overflow’s remote-first philosophy

This is definitely the most important piece of the remote puzzle. You need a person whose stated job is to make sure that remote employees have a specific person for questions, concerns, and problems. When we <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/remote-developer-jobs?utm_source=so-owned&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=dev-c4al&utm_content=c4al-link">hire a new remote employee </a>, I tell them that they can come to me with any type of question, and I will try my best to answer it, or at least point them in the right direction. I get aaaaaall kinds of questions and requests. For instance, I now know how to buy and ship Belgian beer to Poland for an employee that wasn’t able to attend a work event because of a surgery. Also FYI, Uruguay has very strict restrictions on voltage of household items, so getting a crank-lever standing desk to Montevideo was fun (read: not fun). There also needs to be someone on the executive team (it’s better if there is more than one someone) consistently asking “What about the remotes?” When you have a new “x,” the execs should be thinking about how that impacts all employees, including remotes.

Have a dedicated remote person (like me!) to be the point person for remote needs.

Companies will encounter a wide range of odd legalities in dealing with remote employees, especially with international folks.It definitely helps to have an HR department that is certified in immigration and visa issues. The same goes for finance departments. The taxation alone is a handful with multiple states/countries. You need an entity for each state, which requires considerable forethought. You also have to file payrolls properly and that varies depending on location.

Have your People and Finance Teams homed in on remote needs

We’ve already touched on this in the other blog posts, but it bears repeating: If one person in the meeting is remote, we’re all remote. If there are 5 people in a conference room and 2 people dialing in remotely, it is very easy for the folks in the meeting room to forget about the people dialed in. You can eliminate that problem by having everyone call in, if possible. Currently in the Stack Overflow NYC office it is really common to walk around and see two people on a hangout even though their offices are next to each other!

Remote first

We have regular “Bev Bashes” and holiday parties in the offices, but what about the remotes? How do you give them fun stuff even though they are scattered all over the world? For starters, we have “Remote Bev Bashes” over <a href="https://www.zoom.us/?zcid=1173&gclid=CKXQhYvundYCFYtLDQodtcICtQ">Zoom </a>every Friday. The “Bev Baron” for that week (nominated by the last Bev Baron) schedules a Zoom call and sets a theme. Employees grab a beverage of their choice and just chat. You can stay for just a few minutes to say hi, or you can be a part of the entire thing.

Try to recreate office fun stuff in a remote capacity

Once a year, we bring all of our remote employees together for a week for some much needed face-time. It’s a different city each time, and there are usually 3 days of Executive Keynotes, Tiny Talks, and many many games of Werewolf. We talk about the state of the company and new projects and teams, but we vow not to make any huge decisions or business altering plans. The focus is on camaraderie, not profits. We look forward to it all year, and it’s definitely a blast.

Bring them all together

When a new remote employee is hired, I contact them for their furniture choices. They get their choice of the exact same desks and chairs that we have in the offices, free of charge. We want them to be as comfortable as possible, and that means if they want to stand instead of sit, no problem. Our IT dept sets them up with all of their tech, and I set them up with everything else. Need a filing cabinet? Cool. You want a different type of desk that is bright pink and sings? Hey, it’s your house. We re-create the in-office set-ups as much as possible so that our remote employees never feel less valued than everyone else.

Make their home workspaces as awesome as the offices

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