Jacob Schnee

Marketing and advertising often get maligned as snake oil. Sometimes this is completely accurate. (Like so many areas, it all depends on...

Some of us are all too familiar with the feeling. That feeling that you're in the wrong place. That somebody, somewhere made a mistake...

Alignment is a pretty important thing. Don't believe me? Try putting a piping pot roast on a wobbly table. Bottoms up!

We began time tracking at work last week. What an enlightening exercise. This might quickly become the most influential thing I've done...

Indulge me a brief ode to L-Theanine, a lovely little amino acid. I usually get mine through green tea, or through matcha. What does it...

Do you carry tension in your neck and shoulders? I do. Chronically. It's a thing. I know about it intellectually, I work on it all the...

In no particular order... Staying late at work. If I guard and manage my time better (and get better at saying no), I won't have to do...

In no particular order... Play basketball outdoors Spend time with loved ones, no deadlines, no agendas - just life time Lift weights /...

Saying "no" is essential. Especially if you work on a team. People will want your time. People will ask for your time. If you want to get...

"Drinking from a firehose," "trying to boil the ocean," "biting the bullet," "keeping a lot of plates spinning," "hitting the ground...

Like positivity and negativity, the word "decision" carries a very influential and telling backstory. There is more to it than meets the...

You hear about them all the time. Be positive. Think positive. I'm positive. Stay positive. Positive thinking is the key. There are...

You really have a big influence on who you become. When you begin to take more control of your life, you come to find you live in a...

It is what it is. Some of us grow up with Big Dreams for ourselves. Among those, some of us live those dreams to a tee. They know exactly...

It's simple mathematics when you get down to it. Join me for a quick thought experiment if you would: Say you do 1.5 days' worth of work...

Work is shifting rapidly. There's a "restructuring" afoot. Yes, that's right, the dreaded "R" word. Like quicksand, teams are losing...

I'm not a huge beer drinker. But I do live in Portland. So I do drink beer, and I do try lots of different kinds. Lots of different...

Life doesn't give us a lot of breaks. (Of course, we can control lots of that by making our own luck. Did you know, incidently, that made...

It would be this: Give yourself some time in the morning. Some time to yourself. Some time where it's quiet. Or alternatively, time where...

Have you ever tried getting somewhere without using Google Maps, Waze, or Apple Maps navigation? (This is really directed at my...