Jacob Schnee

Do you carry tension in your neck and shoulders? I do. Chronically. It's a thing. I know about it intellectually, I work on it all the...

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...

In no particular order... Play basketball outdoors Spend time with loved ones, no deadlines, no agendas - just life time Lift weights /...

Saying "no" is essential. Especially if you work on a team. People will want your time. People will ask for your time. If you want to get...

"Drinking from a firehose," "trying to boil the ocean," "biting the bullet," "keeping a lot of plates spinning," "hitting the ground...

Like positivity and negativity, the word "decision" carries a very influential and telling backstory. There is more to it than meets the...

You hear about them all the time. Be positive. Think positive. I'm positive. Stay positive. Positive thinking is the key. There are...

You really have a big influence on who you become. When you begin to take more control of your life, you come to find you live in a...

It is what it is. Some of us grow up with Big Dreams for ourselves. Among those, some of us live those dreams to a tee. They know exactly...

It's simple mathematics when you get down to it. Join me for a quick thought experiment if you would: Say you do 1.5 days' worth of work...

Work is shifting rapidly. There's a "restructuring" afoot. Yes, that's right, the dreaded "R" word. Like quicksand, teams are losing...

I'm not a huge beer drinker. But I do live in Portland. So I do drink beer, and I do try lots of different kinds. Lots of different...

Life doesn't give us a lot of breaks. (Of course, we can control lots of that by making our own luck. Did you know, incidently, that made...

It would be this: Give yourself some time in the morning. Some time to yourself. Some time where it's quiet. Or alternatively, time where...

Have you ever tried getting somewhere without using Google Maps, Waze, or Apple Maps navigation? (This is really directed at my...

Like my beloved grandma Ruth, I'm approaching 100. Only, for me we're talking blog posts. I never put too much stock into celebrating...

"The piece should have a clear thesis to it. Please no jargon. You can send it my way." That was the editor of the renowned magazine. I'd...

With some exceptions, your best ideas come to you spontaneously. When you're least expecting them. When you're not expecting them at all,...

This is partly why you have to do the work. To put it another way. If you really want to max out your potential, you have to figure it...

And finally, we arrive at our final A. Last, and decidedly not least, we have our friend: Acceleration You know those dreams you have...