This week, while scrolling Instagram, a quote from Adam Grant stopped me in my tracks: Bad bosses mistake visibility for value. They...
Set boundaries for yourself
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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.
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....
Build donor relationships that feel like friendships
Last fall, a few weeks after I had moved to Austin, I went to pick up a smoothie at shop down the road from my house. And while I waited for them to...
This is video storytelling
Last week, I wrote to you about Carlos Whittaker's (@loswhit) day-by-day coverage of Brooklyn to Alaska on Instagram — and the $255,000 he raised...
Effective storytelling with Instagram Stories
On Monday night, I sat in bed, obsessively updating my Instagram feed. Sure, I can get lost in the scroll as much as the next person. But on this...
Make the most of new relationships
A few years ago, we began working on a big project with a new group of colleagues. Today, these rockstar marketers are our friends and...
Live events are back
Last week, we helped produce a live, in-person event for one of our clients. In the "before times," events were part of our daily lives. We hosted,...
Question all of your routines
Here at Swell+Good, Adam Grant has a hall pass. We'll read everything he writes, and his tweets-turned-instagram-posts regularly make the rounds in...