Johann Van Tonder
@jvt
20 years in ecommerce, now CEO of a CRO agency. Probably doing analysis in R or building stuff with AI. Or walking on the beach. Yeah, probably that.
Johann Van Tonder
Don’t aim to impress. Aim to educate.
As a presenter, if my intention is to impress, perform, or entertain, I’m going to be nervous because my focus is on me.
If, however, my intention is to educate my audience on a vision, idea, or insight that will bring real value to their lives and/or their business, my focus is on them. As a result, I relax and
“if I have to work, I find it preferable (and less painful) to work intensely for very short hours, then do nothing for the rest of the time assuming doing nothing is really doing nothing), until I recover completely and look forward to a repetition, rather than being subjected to the tedium of Japanese style low-intensity interminable office hours
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“Relentless execution without knowing what to execute is a crime.”
Steve Blank
Error 1 – Vague, wooly, “pretty” strategies In some (or if we’re honest many) cases, the reason a strategy doesn’t demand change from a business is because it’s written in such a loose and broad way that there are no obvious actions which fall out of it. It’s not that there aren’t necessarily any changes that can be made, it’s just that they don’t
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I spent so much of my life terrified what I was going to become and whether I was going to be right here, right now. God, how much time did I waste? Afraid I wasn't going to be right here, right now. If I could change the only thing I'd change about my whole life would be fearing less that I wouldn't get right here, the place that I was going anywa
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Writers must therefore constantly ask: what am I trying to say?
Surprisingly often they don’t know.
Then they must look at what they have written and ask: have I said it?
Is it clear to someone encountering the subject for the first time?
On Writing Well, William Zinsser
**Enjoy the Journey**
- Enjoy the journey itself, not just the destination.
- Success is a starting point, not an end point.
Snipped from Creator Science - #224: I cannot emphasize this enough [Voice Memo].
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- Enjoy the journey itself, not just the destination.
- Success is a starting point, not an end point.
Snipped from Creator Science - #224: I cannot emphasize this enough [Voice Memo].
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Major cheat code in life: Learning to sell. Whether it's selling a product, an idea, or yourself in a job interview––sales is everywhere. Learn it, and you unlock freedom. Ignore it, and you’ll always depend on someone else to open the doors you want to walk through.
Blake Burgex.comA great way to get out of your head and into your world is to do a task you can actually finish.