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So, were your symptoms mild?
COVID underscores just how personalized your health really is.
Jason Preston
Jun 14
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Your time is not valuable
(to anyone but you)
Jason Preston
Sep 28, 2021
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Metaphor matters
I made the three hour drive to Wenatchee last week, so I queued up my friend Ben Gilbert’s excellent podcast Acquired, and got to enjoy their most…
Jason Preston
Aug 3, 2021
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Challenges are different at scale
A while ago someone (unfortunately I forget who it was!) gave an example for how problems look different when you’re operating at different scales. It’s…
Jason Preston
May 3, 2021
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Reality is more compelling than you think
This morning a friend shared an article about declining numbers for the hit-app Clubhouse. Everybody loves to hate a winner, so I think we’ll see plenty…
Jason Preston
Apr 30, 2021
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Re-bundling
Yesterday I read a thoughtful piece about the future of events, of which a main claim is that events are about to be un-bundled, just like digital video…
Jason Preston
Apr 22, 2021
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Video, audio, and text
People who would have been writing blogs a decade ago seem to be making YouTube channels these days. Justin Kan of Twitch is a relatively new example…
Jason Preston
Apr 21, 2021
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To-do lists vs calendars
Some people organize their work with to do lists, and some people use calendars. I know there are plenty other methods, but those are the two methods…
Jason Preston
Apr 20, 2021
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Shortcuts
It must have been a little more than a decade ago when I first read Tim Ferriss’ claim that you can become an expert, by internet standards, on just…
Jason Preston
Apr 19, 2021
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Frame of Reference
I think it’s interesting how much your frame of reference determines what you think about something. Right now, I’m thinking about the vision at a…
Jason Preston
Mar 26, 2021
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Distributed work
Today I hosted a workshop on innovation in a distributed work environment. A little more than a year ago, it might have been “innovation in a remote…
Jason Preston
Mar 11, 2021
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The trend is your friend
Several years ago I had the opportunity to spend a weekend with some really accomplished finance folks; the kinds of people who’ve spent thirty years…
Jason Preston
Feb 25, 2021
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