Writings

On Decision-Making

• How I destroyed everything by lacking patience. The quintessential guide to seeing the long-game of life. It shares some failures I had and a story of a certain architect and his 40 year quest to the top of an industry. While anybody can understand the concept here, those who reflect on them will find it easier to keep going when life gets hard.
• The right problems.
• The Geometry and Calculus of Patience: is an extension of the “How I destroyed everything by lacking patience” article. It takes a look at how growth happens, the functions it follows and how much bigger gains happen at shorter and shorter intervals.
• Choose. This is a follow up to A Way Forward in a Modern World.
• Great work starts with decision-making. In order to make the best decisions possible, understanding the decision-making process is critical. This article talks about procrastination , constraints, and a process for getting yourself unstuck.
• Choose. This is a follow up to A Way Forward in a Modern World.

On Taking Action

• A Way Forward in a Modern World. The world’s complex, what should I work on?
• Daily Effort is Critical. This is the “Create” portion of “Choose. Create. Connect.” It follows A Way Forward in a Modern World and Choose.
• Can you please build an asset? is a discussion of how things that are cheap don’t necessarily grow the economy and make things better for people by making better things.

On Communicating

• Improving the Odds of Being Valued Correctly. This is a followup to How Others Judge You. It’s about focusing on your skills and talents in order to help those see your value, even in the non-obvious cases.

On Marketing

• Marketing isn’t about convincing: it’s about filtering out the wrong people. This article takes a look at some examples of that.
• If you’re a small business, know your audience: it will help you write things in a way that resonates with them.

On Differentiating

• What happened to interesting? is a discussion of how the world for the last 40-60 years seems to becoming duller in many ways, particularly as a result of big business becoming more prevalent. We need more people working on interesting stuff. I share an example of SWAG Golf Co.
• How Others Judge You. Failing to be in the right market, context, and with the failings of information all around us, it’s likely you are continually misjudged. Understand why that happens, and what you can do to overcome it.

On Connecting

• Connection is Powerful. This is the “Connect” portion of “Choose. Create. Connect.” It follows A Way Forward in a Modern World, Choose and Daily Effort is Critical.
• Growing your business by providing space to dream

None of this is Right is written by me, Brandon Donnelly. I believe that small business is the backbone of a healthy economy and democracy. Small business encourages competition through generosity, creativity, and skill. Small business provides more opportunity for workers to find a job that works for them. If you believe in small business, generosity, or creativity, my writings are for you.