We are early morning people. Yes, it's annoying. We know. We start every day at 6:00 a.m. with a two-hour work session at a local coffee...
Routines are for suckers. We’re definitely suckers.
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The Intro
You keep doing the hard, world-changing work. We’ll be here encouraging you, sharing what we’re learning, and talking about the things we can’t stop thinking about.
Oh crap, did I forget to do that super important thing?!?
Ok team—calendar check. Today is October 14. Which means it is officially time for Q4 to be (heavily) on your brain. If you've been reading...
Your list isn’t really yours if you can’t take it with you
On Monday, our world stopped. Sure, we were still alive. And working. And going about our business. But the steady hum of Instagram and Facebook (an...
Cultivation means giving more than you get
One of our favorite games to play is buzzword bingo. You know the drill. You’re on a call, and someone starts dropping lingo like it’s...
You will meet 80,000 people in your lifetime
Yesterday, we met a magician. We had planned to send you a different intro this week—one that we'll save for a later date. But when we heard Brian...
Guard your time
As you've heard us share ad nauseam, we are in a career-long fight to protect our calendars. Step one was cancelling meetings. Step two...
Set boundaries for yourself
This week, while scrolling Instagram, a quote from Adam Grant stopped me in my tracks: Bad bosses mistake visibility for value. They...
Deadlines are stupid and long live deadlines
All too often, we live in an either/or culture. It's this way or that way. This decision or that one. Here at Swell+Good,...
Start canceling meetings
Looking for an easy way to make your team more productive, more creative, and (almost certainly) happier? Start canceling meetings....
