Chris Getman

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In good times and in bad:

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Stop telling customers to ‘subscribe’

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Every delay costs you compound growth. Urgency is leverage.

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Google's former CEO Eric Schmidt shares his weekend habit that led to billion dollar decision.

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@Semrush Do you guys have anything like this? Conductor is sharing this with clients.

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8. Distribution is the entire game: the best product with zero distribution loses to a worse product that people see everywhere. I spend 80% of my time on distribution channels. You should too.

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A few years ago I realized that if I’m too busy to take something on, I shouldn’t say “I don’t have the time”. In fact, I often do have the time. It’s not that hard to squeeze in some extra time for someone.

What I don’t have – and what I can’t squeeze in – is more attention. Attention is a far more limited resource than time. So what I should say is “I don’t have the attention”. I may have 8 hours a day for work, but I probably have 4 hours a day for attention.

One summer, a guy wrote me out of the blue asking if he could intern for me. His email was great – clear, thoughtful, kind, inviting, confident but not pushy, and not too long (but long enough to say what he had to say without leaving anything out). He was studying at Harvard Business School and was going to be back in Chicago that summer.

He asked if he could swing by and say hi. His email made it easy for me to say yes. So he did, and we had a great session. We spent maybe an hour or so together. I learned about his background, what kind of stuff he was interested in, what he wanted to learn, what he could teach us, etc. Then we riffed on a few ideas. It was natural, flowing, effortless. Really promising.

Then I told him I’d think a few things over and get back to him soon. He checked in a few weeks later, and I said I’d get back to him soon again. And I didn’t.

A month or so after that I wrote him and told him I was really sorry. I’d mislead him – and myself – thinking I had enough time to take on a intern that summer. I wanted to, I really liked him, I thought he’d be great, but I just didn’t have as much time as I thought I had to even consider it more and line up work and spend time with him, etc.

But really, as I thought about it, I realized I had the time. Every day is the same 24 hour cycle. Every workday around 8 hours. Surely I could have found even 20 minutes a day to work with him. But it wasn’t that. It wasn’t that I couldn’t find the time. I couldn’t find the attention — especially sustained attention.

My mind fills up with a few key projects and that’s it. I’m absorbed by those. That’s where my attention is. Had I made 20 minutes here and there for him, I’d be physically present in that moment, but mentally I’d be elsewhere. And that’s not fair to either of us.

Time and attention aren’t the same thing. They're barely related.

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“What will I tell my boss?” is the key question.

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Top 10 University Brand Anthem Videos https://t.co/0tr8DmCGJs via @Vital_Design

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Insights from @naval

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Sometimes it helps to have a brand name that doesn't seem like a generic keyword to Google.

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After @natebargatze's Netflix special aired, Google Searches for Afrin went through the roof.

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Speed is a competitive advantage.

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It's easier to stick to your principles 100% of the time than it is 98% of the time.

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Important life and career advice from one of the greatest management thinkers

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Important life and career advice from one of the greatest management thinkers

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"No one knows anything"

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The founder of Netflix literally drops his best business advice in under a minute

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Searches for "When Do Markets Open" are taking off today.

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Wise words from @naval:

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Why Most Online Service Businesses Really Fail https://t.co/uSt1ZKi8ga