Chris Millen

Dad | Daily accountability coach| Tenor & Boogie Boarder | Product Strategist Financial Services | Posts my own unless they are quotes, retweets, links, natch

[Tony Richards @tonyrichards4]

If you can create more value consistently, you have leverage. If you can walk away comfortably, you have leverage. If you know your numbers deeply, you have leverage. If you are someone people like and want to work for, you have leverage.    #CEO

[Tony Richards @tonyrichards4]

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, a compliment or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn life around-Leo Buscaglia   #CEO

[Chris Millen @cdmillen]

Rutgers/Northwestern football game soon! Should be competitive! #NUReunion

[Northwestern Alumni @NUAlumni]

It’s Homecoming and Reunion Weekend! Welcome home, Wildcats! Follow #NUReunion and our Instagram story this weekend for coverage of the festivities. https://t.co/8z76CK0Kno #NUHomecoming

[Chris Millen @cdmillen]

En route to Northwestern campus from airport. Plane full of west point cadets in marching band. Sat next to a tuba player! #NURenuion

[Tony Richards @tonyrichards4]

Stop trying to be liked by everybody. You don’t even like everybody.#CEO

[Tony Richards @tonyrichards4]

Most people give up just when they are about to have success. They quit on the one-yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown-Ross Perot #CEO

[Tony Richards @tonyrichards4]

When you use technology to connect with your executive team the right way, communication should be easier & more effective. It should create shared thinking & shared priorities.

[Tony Richards @tonyrichards4]

In many cases, the outcome you want will continue to elude you—even if you try harder. But it may be possible if you try differently. Can your current choices carry you to your desired future? If not, something has to change.

[Tony Richards @tonyrichards4]

People often focus so much on creating new ideas that they overlook the value of synthesizing ideas from different sources.

[Tony Richards @tonyrichards4]

If you are a highly driven, individualistic type person, don’t fight it. Just because you are competitive, outspoken & want to be recognized as a star, go with it, don’t be apologetic

[Chris Millen @cdmillen]

AI bot mimicking me after death? or during? Asa Fitch writes, “Living people might use digital replicas of themselves that email and chat with colleagues to get more work done, or to take over while they are on vacation, Mr. Burden says. ” https://t.co/8W62XOUnyN

[Tony Richards @tonyrichards4]

You should be waking up each day chomping at the bit to get better at every aspect of your chosen industry. This is on you to push yourself and get it done

[Chris Millen @cdmillen]

twitter offers subscription product in Canada & Australia “Avid Twitter users, who for years have demanded an “edit” button to fix typos in their tweets, will now be able to set a timer of up to 30 seconds, giving them a window to click an “undo” button.." https://t.co/cVmpI0aRVP

[Chris Millen @cdmillen]

Dog paddle for exercise? Jen Murphy writes, “Mr. Jarvis says this stroke puts less strain on his shoulders and rotator cuffs. ” https://t.co/78n7ZtVTLg

[Chris Millen @cdmillen]

Customer-centric and yet offering flexibility to workers. Christopher Mimms writes, “In a recent survey of executives by consulting firm West Monroe, 67% said that by this summer they would roll out plans for a hybrid work arrangement.... ” https://t.co/BD0wcaC6AI

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

How to avoid burnout:

- Avoid influencers who glamorize the grind
- Avoid screens when you can
- ~7h sleep
- Limit alcohol and caffeine
- Create boundaries from work. Unplug
- Take regular vacations
- Take regular “me time”
- Go for regular walks
- Eat well

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

How to boost your productivity:

- Keep a productivity journal
- Time box your day (time for areas of focus)
- Set a timer (Google the “Pomodoro technique”)
- Exercise everyday
- Take small breaks (Google “Fika”)
- “Great acts are made of small deeds”
- Find work you love to do

[Tony Richards @tonyrichards4]

People often focus so much on creating new ideas that they overlook the value of synthesizing ideas from different sources.

[Chris Millen @cdmillen]

Yay! Phone competition heating up! “The free-phone strategy is a throwback to the wireless market a decade ago, when U.S. carriers subsidized the price of most new smartphones in exchange for subscribers’ guaranteed monthly payments.” Drew Fitzgerald, https://t.co/LUQ2g4uzjK