http://www.lifeonashirt.com As seen through my eyes... Spreadshirt, creative apparel, being a CEO, and life Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:15:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When have you spoken publicly about a swift kick you got after you failed at something? Hooray for David Neeleman, Jim Donald, and Ed Zander for having the courage to talk to Fortune about their "Lessons of the Fall". Each revealed a great deal about his fairly recent experience being canned by his board after ... http://www.lifeonashirt.com/2008/07/28/failure-and-success/ For 12 years, I've had an ad on my desk that says "Are you afraid to think?" to push myself to consider new points of view, new ways of doing things, new possibilities, rather than sticking with only what I know. When I read Heroic Checklist in Fast Company, it reminded me ... http://www.lifeonashirt.com/2008/05/15/are-you-afraid-to-think/ By referral of my friend, Phil Terry of Creative Good, I am reading The Americanization of Edward Bok. I double Phil's recommendation for anyone that wants to read about an inspirational life from very early years; to understand an entrepreneurial mind from the late 1800s; and to learn a bit about publishing ... http://www.lifeonashirt.com/2008/05/13/why-email-doesnt-work-a-letter-from-mark-twain-explains/ ...but then when they are launched you can! A good amount of my day is taken up with things I can't talk about publicly. They would expose a person, an event, or an exciting new shop. For example... CNN launched little shirt icons next to their video icons on their homepage, so readers ... http://www.lifeonashirt.com/2008/04/22/there-are-just-some-things-you-cant-talk-about/ Though those that grew up with me would laugh, I am often asked how I stay calm in various, stressful situations. The reason my friends and family from long ago would laugh is that I'm not known by them as having an even temper. I'm passionate about life and that ... http://www.lifeonashirt.com/2008/04/20/staying-calm-in-a-tempest/ Yes, it has been too long since I've written. So long, I won't even try to apologize, but ask that you know I want to be here writing. Life has just not been cooperating with that specific goal. I have however started writing snippets (or tweets as I believe they are ... http://www.lifeonashirt.com/2008/04/03/im-not-writing-but-im-twittering/ We had an exciting holiday season at Spreadshirt. We hit records and had INCREDIBLE performance across our teams -- marketing, production, customer service, and IT that keeps it all humming. Why can't we have Christmas every few months? It is a real adrenaline rush! But, to the point of this ... http://www.lifeonashirt.com/2008/01/02/what-ive-worried-about-over-the-holidays-the-2008-presidential-race/ I'm getting a little defensive over the Wal-Mart "thing" due to living in the Northeast and Germany, where Wal-Mart has been chewed up and spit out. I have to admit that I hate having the Wal-Mart conversation with many people in both of these places. Most typically, they boastfully say, "Well, ... http://www.lifeonashirt.com/2007/12/17/why-im-not-ashamed-of-wal-mart/ [Aside... At 3:20a I shouldn't be doing this, but I don't learn...] I'm reading Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science. There's a great description of a then recent study (book from 2002) from HBS on learning curves in different industries. One "industry" that the HBS students decided to study was ... http://www.lifeonashirt.com/2007/12/12/what-can-we-learn-from-how-surgeons-learn-be-a-team/ First, my apology, and then we'll move on. I am sorry for not posting in so long. I do not know what happened. I enjoy writing and I'm not doing enough of it. My days have turn into evenings, which turn into nights, which turn into early mornings, which turn into ... http://www.lifeonashirt.com/2007/12/10/just-say-no-the-art-of-making-decisions/