by John Macdonald | Jun 25, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
My friend has a saying, “Most adults are toddlers walking around in adult bodies.” Once you see that, you can use it to your advantage in a number of ways. The first is simply recognizing emotional responses for what they are — toddler temper tantrums. Yeah, they’re... by John Macdonald | Jun 23, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
“Oh, I don’t know about that.” At a picnic, this might be a great thing to say. In fact, it’s probably a great thing to say because then you can ask questions and have a conversation. But what about professionally? In your supposed area of expertise? The thing you do... by John Macdonald | Jun 21, 2026 | Human, The250
English class taught us the right way and wrong way to write and speak. Outside of the staid halls, however, we all know that there is no right way or wrong way to write and speak. There is only how you write and speak. Your voice is one of the most you things that... by John Macdonald | Jun 20, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, Technology, The250
One of the first things I learned when working on a construction crew as a teenager was, “clean up after yourself!” Don’t leave the tools, scrap material, and extra material lying around. It’s fine during the work process, but we cleanup and leave it tidy before we go... by John Macdonald | Jun 19, 2026 | Human, The250
Be careful when you see percentages. For example, from one point of view, no one reads the articles I write. If we calculate the percentage of visitors to my site on any given day relative to Earth’s population (or heck, relative to the US population), the... by John Macdonald | Jun 18, 2026 | Human, Leadership, Technology, The250
If you’re budgeting across personnel and tokens, you can take either of these two paths. You can try to do more with less, or do less with more. More output, more ideas, and more value. Or less scattershot, less distractions, and less surface area. Either can lead to...