How to Write SMART Goals
How to Write SMART Goals Today, we're diving into the world of goal setting, specifically a method that can transform your aspirations into reality:...
Time Boxing
Time Boxing At the core time boxing is simple. Assign a fixed period of time to a task, turn off all distractions, set a time slot, and stick to it....
Essays, Articles, Posts by Brandon White
This is a running list of essays, articles and posts I've written. If you're not sure where to start try Life Lesson I Learned from Playing Soccer...
A Partner from Sequoia Capital Showed up at My Door
A Partner from Sequoia Capital Showed up at My Door How it All Started On a fall morning in 1998 I was working at our headquarters and there...
Slide 1 – Your Elevator Pitch For Your Business Plan
Your title slide is where you list your company’s name, contact info and most importantly, give your elevator pitch. When you’re done, this slide...
How to turn $1,000 into $22,915.26
The S&P 500 is a market capitalization-weighted index of the 500 leading publicly traded companies in the U.S. The index is operated by Standard...
A Man with a Flat Tire on a Country Road with No Jack
Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): Your imagination will make up a lot of stories that aren't true, but you think they are, you will react to them and...
The Ideal Vacation Length
The Ideal Vacation Length Ever feel like your vacation ends just as you’re starting to relax? Or maybe you come back feeling more stressed than when...
Forget about keeping up with the Joneses. Here’s why.
The phrase "Keeping Up with the Joneses" was created by Arthur R. "Pop" Momand in 1913. The comic strip ran until 1940 in The New York World and...
Charles M. Schwab Paid Over $400,000 for This Daily Routine That He and His Team Used for Peak Productivity – The Ivy Lee Method
Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): At the end of each day rank six tasks you need to do the next day. The next morning start with the first one and don't...
How to Write a Business Plan [updated for March 2024]
How to Write a Business Plan [updated for March 2024] In this article I show you how to write a business plan in just 11 simple slides. This will...
How to Make Social Media Money and How I Built an Online Business Of My Dreams
How to Make Social Media Moneyand How I Built an Online Business of My Dreams Note to you before reading: this is a working post, I add, edit often....
A lesson about achieving your goals from Darby
Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): You’re going to want to quit your goal(s) when it gets really tough and your success feels unlikely. Change direction...
Slay Your Dragon
Explorers took the dragons literally and that thought kept from from pushing into new worlds Centuries ago when mapmakers ran out of the known world...
Lesson From the Recent Rain Storms Here In Northern California
The rain storms this winter in NorCal have been nothing less than incredible. Roads washing out, crazy wind, surf, mud slides, trees falling,...