Hi, I’m Cole. A Product manager who thrives in the details, encourages transparency and focus, and loves solving tough problems, which usually involve people, not technology. All without taking life too seriously of course!
I am constantly experimenting, exploring and trying out new ideas to solve the greatest challenge we face: navigating the human condition. My mission is to eliminate human barriers that are holding us back so we can focus on the technical problems this world needs us to solve.
Why?
I love learning, every day trying to add a new tidbit of knowledge to my ever-growing toolbox of ideas. But that also means I spend a lot of time combing through poorly articulated thoughts, broad generalizations and click-bait articles, which sucks…
So this is a collection of thoughts and ideas that I’ve stumbled across, experimented with and hopefully communicated in a more entertaining and relatable way. Not all of these experiments yield results and I’m certainly not always right, but every now and then, an idea works well or I come across something interesting so I want to share it, talk about it and explore it more with you. Hopefully you find something useful here without having to deal with the rest of the baggage that the Internet of today comes with.
How am I doing? Say Hi and tell me!
Here are some of my favorite places to find new ideas or inspiration:
Recommended Books
Deep Work by Cal Newport
Turn the Ship Around by Lt. David Marquet
Rework by Jason Fried
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Recommended Podcasts
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
Rework by Basecamp
Startups for the Rest of Us
The Tim Ferriss Show
“What you are afraid to do is a clear indication of the next thing you need to do.”