Distinguishing constructive criticism from bad business advice
Generic, uncontextualized advice is a menace- by definition it attracts the lost and the confused and only makes them more lost and more confused. Even the seemingly most universal, failsafe advice of the ‘work hard’, ‘try your best’, and ‘believe in yourself’ ilk, can be disastrous for certain people. It can merely act as a motivator and energy... See more
Thomas Bevan • On The Futility of Offering Advice
I built and sold https://t.co/0PDma01Bry for $1.3 billion to Adobe, and along the way, I received plenty of advice that turned out to be entirely off the mark. Here's a look at some of the most glaring misdirections:
1. "As CEO, focus on executive business tasks." This couldn't be further from the truth. The core... See more
Emery Wellsx.comSIX at 6: The Art of Not Taking An Interest, The Mother Of All Questions, The Daily Confusion, The Feeling, The Freak, and Being Perceived As Foolish - Billy Oppenheimer
Billy Oppenheimerbillyoppenheimer.com
Most conventional business wisdom emerges from a well-intentioned place: pattern recognition. Someone succeeds using a particular approach, others replicate it with similar results, and eventually, it becomes codified as a "rule." The problem isn't that these approaches don't work—it's that they're presented as universally necessary rather than... See more