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Most of the pitch and the demo is all about how terrific our plans are, and how well our gadget works. But if we hope for resilience, perhaps it makes sense to show off how gracefully the system br ...

The Beatles changed music. Starbucks changed coffee. Perhaps your project is aiming to reach a large audience. Consultants call it market share. What percentage of the available market have you rea ...

Nothing is perfect But everything can get better. There's never enough time But there's time enough to make a difference. Someone will always be opposed to the change we s ...

This is the way to understand business-to-business selling. After you've left with the purchase order, what does the buyer tell the boss? What does the boss tell the investors or the press? T ...

Even at a distance, we can sometimes tell if someone is educated, rich, powerful or physically attractive. But that doesn't always correlate with smart, kind or honest. Strong signals might n ...

We don't get a chance to do yesterday over again. The best reason to think about the past is because it gives us the opportunity to improve the future. Because we don't get tomorrow ove ...

Please who? If you're on a social media network, are you seeking to optimize for the algorithm, the owners of the tech stock or your personal goals? If you're publishing a book, are you ...

This sits right next to, "I made a bad decision," in things that are hard to say. But there are many moments when we're confused about what actually happened. You might not have m ...

In a given neighborhood, just about all the cars are the same. There are few that are pink, orange or purple, for example. There's nothing inherently wrong with those frequencies of light. No ...

The single-most effective way to invest 90 seconds a day is simple (and difficult). 18 times a day, when you're about to offer advice, ask a question or blurt out a response, wait five second ...