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For the palindrome lover in you
Do you know what today is? If you're a palindrome lover like me you know where this is going. It's 1/23/21! How might you celebrate a...

Jacob Schnee
Jan 23, 20211 min read
A few areas where alignment is important
Alignment is a pretty important thing. Don't believe me? Try putting a piping pot roast on a wobbly table. Bottoms up!

Jacob Schnee
Jun 2, 20201 min read
Adventures in Time Tracking
We began time tracking at work last week. What an enlightening exercise. This might quickly become the most influential thing I've done...

Jacob Schnee
Mar 10, 20191 min read
Things I'd like to do less of
In no particular order... Staying late at work. If I guard and manage my time better (and get better at saying no), I won't have to do...

Jacob Schnee
Feb 22, 20191 min read
Things I'd like to do more of
In no particular order... Play basketball outdoors Spend time with loved ones, no deadlines, no agendas - just life time Lift weights /...

Jacob Schnee
Feb 21, 20191 min read
An incomplete list of things I'm learning right now
"Drinking from a firehose," "trying to boil the ocean," "biting the bullet," "keeping a lot of plates spinning," "hitting the ground...

Jacob Schnee
Feb 19, 20191 min read
The thing about your best ideas
With some exceptions, your best ideas come to you spontaneously. When you're least expecting them. When you're not expecting them at all,...

Jacob Schnee
Feb 7, 20191 min read
My brain doesn’t work
Not the way I want it to, at least... I’d like to be able to come up with marketing campaigns, whole cloth, in zero time flat. I’d like...

Jacob Schnee
Jan 19, 20191 min read
Things I’d like to read: Isaacson
I never did biographies. Don't know why. Haven't read a single one. Closest I came was this book about Leo. But that one is really...

Jacob Schnee
Jan 10, 20191 min read
On persistence
“I’m still feeling pains in my neck and back,” I told Jason. He’s a yoga instructor, a spiritual guru. He leads retreats and what not. We...

Jacob Schnee
Dec 31, 20181 min read
A funny thing happened on the way to 52
On January 1, 2018, I set myself a goal. I was to write 52 blog posts in 2018. In our all-staff meeting, the CEO of my organization...

Jacob Schnee
Dec 30, 20183 min read
Daily blog benefit: slaying "perfectionism"
One and a half months into my daily blogging, one particular benefit has emerged as most influential for me. Daily blogging helps me beat...

Jacob Schnee
Dec 29, 20182 min read
Blessing from Berlin
We watched Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. I hadn’t seen it before. It was immensely enjoyable. The movie gave you all the classic...

Jacob Schnee
Dec 25, 20181 min read
Whatever it is you do, you’d better do it with gusto.
Or what are we even doing here?

Jacob Schnee
Dec 22, 20181 min read
Sorry, again
People deserve second chances. Many well-meaning people have made mistakes, sometimes really harmful ones. Permanent scorn is not a...

Jacob Schnee
Dec 19, 20181 min read
Getting organized
Philosophers, psychologists, physicists, zen masters, HGTV stars, valedictorians, presidents - what do they all have in common? They all...

Jacob Schnee
Dec 18, 20181 min read
"Use your words!" ...Okay, but how?
"Use your words!" you might have heard during a tense moment during a family argument, or a couple's dispute, or maybe a squabble that's...

Jacob Schnee
Dec 15, 20181 min read
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