“There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” -Roger Staubach, Former American football quarterback. As the spring market heats up and a fresh field of listings begin to bloom, you may find yourself busier than you have been in several months. Sometimes your schedule will get long and meeting the day’s basic obligations will [...]
“Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. It causes you to work not on what you like, but what you’d like to like.” Paul Graham, English born computer scientist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author, and blogger. Every waking hour is an opportunity to pursue what matters to you. [...]
“Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” -William G. Pollard, American physicist and Episcopal priest If you’re a Top Producer, you may be fond of saying “results speak for themselves.” But how can you be sure they’ll keep the conversation [...]
“A stretch of sky, a garden wall overhung by green branches, a strong horse, a handsome dog, a group of children, a beautiful face — why should we be willing to be robbed of all this? Whoever has acquired the knack can in the space of a block see precious things without losing a minute’s [...]
“Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.” -Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, Dutch systems scientist, programmer, software engineer, science essayist, and early pioneer in computing science In Tuesday Tactics we often feature a wide range of apps and [...]
“To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and statesman Making decisions feels good, especially after long periods of deliberation. There is a real relief which comes with breaking a cycle of indecision. With [...]
“Let reality be reality.” Lao-Tzu, Ancient Chinese philosopher If you can’t go for a run without your earbuds in, or survive a flight without an iPad filled with Netflix, you’re probably like most people. More often than not, any sign of boredom or irritation is a prompt to seek distraction. (Just try and stand in [...]
“We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. We march backwards into the future.” Marshall McLuhan, Canadian professor and media theorist Have you spent time yet this January looking back on 2017? Have you taken stock of where things went well and when they went off the rails? If not, don’t neglect to reflect [...]
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” Robert Frost, American poet One of the great hazards we face online is the propensity to get stuck in our own “echo chamber” of information. As we self-select our sources (and advertisers foist images and messages based on our [...]
“May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it.” Irish Proverb The next full edition of Tuesday Tactics will kick off 2018, so this week we simply wanted to say thank you for all of your support through 2017. We hope each issue has delivered at least one nugget which has [...]
