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CDMX Day 3

It's my second day, and I'm already thinking about quitting, but not before I eat this amazing chicken sandwich.

CDMX Day 2

Monday, my first day of class. I woke up at 5:30AM. I had a wonderful chat with my host last night and embarrassingly I can't remember her name. Which... I just looked up on the emails she sent me, is Marcela . This place is perfect but loud. The traffic

Off to Mexico City

This is the beginning of my journal entries for my trip to Mexico City.

Personal Knowledge Management

Do Better Now - You Need It Now

When we organize information for time, there are three buckets, Now, Soon, and Someday. Let's explore the first. 0:00/1×

Personal Knowledge Management

Do Better Now - Trouble Organizing Your Files?

In this video, I introduce the idea of organizing your information by WHEN you need to use them. 0:00/1×

Personal Knowledge Management

Do Better Now - Introduction

I've started a video series to share what I have learned about Personal Knowledge Management. I will also be posting the videos here. Each video is about a minute and will be posted on my social media channels each week. Introduction 0:00/1×

Practice

At every level of baseball I coached, I assessed the players in relation to the skills they possessed and the skills they needed. My goal was never to win, but to be competitive. If we could do what the best teams did, I reasoned, the team would compete, and that

Working Better Together - March 2023

Working Better Together - March 2023

The Impact of Uncertainty Last month, I mentioned Urgency, the pressure to perform now, and how that can negatively affect performance. Urgency evil twin is uncertainty. Uncertainty can come from many places, but the single most common source I see in teams is the uncertainty that comes from not having

Break it Down

I love Will Guidara's advice to new managers, "don't cannonball". I realize people want to make a good impression, and prove their value, however to me there is a two-part process. First, do your homework. Second, set a clear vision for what you WANT your leadership to mean to others.

Expectations are Invisible

Expectations are Invisible

This is Part 4 of My LinkedIn Series: Leadership Lessons from Little League As little league manager, I become the repository of knowledge about the game. I also learned the expectations for each position. This is not always fun. In baseball this meant reading the little league rule book. You

Building a Personal Insight Engine

Building a Personal Insight Engine

Maya Angelou famously said, "When we know better, we do better." In other words, improving our knowledge can lead to better outcomes in life. This article is the first in a series designed to help you improve your knowledge more quickly so you can achieve better results sooner. The goal

Working Better Together - Feb 2023

Working Better Together - Feb 2023

Understanding Urgency A sense of urgency is an interesting phenomenon. It turns out there is an optimal amount of stress we need to achieve high performance. In his book Leading Well from Within, Dr. Daniel Friedland points out that if we do not have enough stress, we lack the energy

Coaching Attitude and Effort

Coaching Attitude and Effort

This is Part 3 of My LinkedIn Series: Leadership Lessons from Little League Baseball is interesting because players of all shapes and sizes can play any position. There can be a little bit of the body-sizing that happens in other sports, but not as much. When you see a baseball

Little League LinkedIn Series

Little League LinkedIn Series

At the beginning of 2023 I started to post more long-form content. After a year of sharing quotes and insights from books I'm reading, I decided to share some bigger ideas. The posts have been well received, but I realized there was no easy way to read them in order

Design for Engagement

Design for Engagement

What could video game design teach us about job design?

Welcome to My Website

Welcome to My Website

I would like to welcome you to the relaunch of my website. I see it as a way of cleaning-house and starting fresh. Creating a blog is an interesting process, but I had made it too convoluted and time-consuming with too many diverse topics. This made it difficult to share

Working Better Together - January 2023

Working Better Together

Working Better Together - January 2023

Working Better Together, January 23. Don't lose sight of the person.

Learn The Game

This is the second article in my LinkedIn series on Leadership Lessons from Little League.

Leadership Lessons From Little League

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Leadership Lessons From Little League

About 15 years ago, the president of the Tempe Little League invited me to coach my son's Tee Ball team. A few years later, I started GameTruck, Left Disney, and stepped up to becoming the manager of my son's "Minors" team. It was a neighborhood team. A team assembled from