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the cycle of venting about my employer and resulted in me…", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2024/05/06/volunteering-helped-me-break-out-of-the-cycle/", "published_at": "2024-05-06T16:07:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08c63-0522-72a4-9180-432ea1804694", "title": "Kindness in the form of a cup & a plug", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2024/02/14/kindness-in-the-form-of-a-cup-and/", "published_at": "2024-02-14T13:47:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e233-245b-72a3-ac3b-76cfe97f2cd7", "title": "Proving you are good at business, can put you out of business.", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2023/11/20/proving-you-are-good-at-business-can-put/", "published_at": "2023-11-20T15:36:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e233-245b-72a3-ac3b-76cfe9f4755f", "title": "2 parts of your job AI will struggle to replace.", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2023/10/30/2-parts-of-your-job-ai-will-struggle/", "published_at": "2023-10-30T14:16:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e233-245b-72a3-ac3b-76cfea57c1bf", "title": "Entrepreneurs are 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Part II — The $50 Million I don’t want.", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2021/03/23/living-a-life-of-enough-part-ii-the/", "published_at": "2021-03-23T15:54:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e25a-7734-726e-a394-6cfaef79b830", "title": "Day 1 — Living a Life of Enough. Part I", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2021/03/23/day-1-living-a-life-of-enough-part/", "published_at": "2021-03-23T15:51:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e25a-7735-733d-b566-85aa1d5713e7", "title": "Cities keep me grounded.", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2021/02/26/cities-keep-me-grounded/", "published_at": "2021-02-26T14:21:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e25a-7735-733d-b566-85aa1e2a1df6", "title": "My #1 Fear, disappointing myself", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2021/01/13/my-1-fear-disappointing-myself/", "published_at": "2021-01-13T15:52:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e25a-7735-733d-b566-85aa1e4d0f9f", "title": "How I paid for my own raises, twice.", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2020/10/14/how-i-paid-for-my-own-raises-twice/", "published_at": "2020-10-14T19:24:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e25a-7735-733d-b566-85aa1e8096d0", "title": "Was I overlooked for jobs because I am black, how would I know?", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2020/08/05/was-i-overlooked-for-jobs-because-i-am/", 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strategic consultant", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2017/01/02/7-conversation-starters-to-move-your-role-from-2/", "published_at": "2017-01-03T03:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e292-cd81-7222-8113-2eb6815cabac", "title": "How Confused is your Team? Find out in 30 secs.", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2016/08/06/how-confused-is-your-team-find-out-in/", "published_at": "2016-08-06T12:56:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e292-cd81-7222-8113-2eb6819e42e9", "title": "How I Practice Resilience for the unknown trying times ahead.", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2016/06/06/how-i-practice-resilience-for-the-unknown-trying/", "published_at": "2016-06-06T11:05:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2a1-50ae-730f-8036-0e9497086fdd", "title": "Entrepreneurship Reality, what its really like day in day out", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2015/07/26/entrepreneurship-reality-what-its-really-like-day/", "published_at": "2015-07-26T22:54:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2a1-50ae-730f-8036-0e94980768d6", "title": "CEOswap made Seer a more empathetic company…", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2015/04/17/ceoswap-made-seer-a-more-empathetic-company/", "published_at": "2015-04-17T17:27:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2a1-50ae-730f-8036-0e949895c2a5", "title": "I struggle with listening, this is how I get better a bit every day", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2015/03/03/i-struggle-with-listening-this-is-how-i/", "published_at": "2015-03-03T15:10:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2a1-50ae-730f-8036-0e9498f840e0", "title": "How much is your team working on the weekend? Is it too much?", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2015/01/08/how-much-is-your-team-working-on-the-weekend-is/", "published_at": "2015-01-08T15:48:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2a1-50ae-730f-8036-0e9499f7a876", "title": "Being Homeless vs Hopeless", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2014/11/20/being-homeless-vs-hopeless/", "published_at": "2014-11-20T22:15:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2a1-50ae-730f-8036-0e949ad15958", "title": "Crunching Employee Turnover is a combination Data + Heart v3.0", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2014/09/08/crunching-employee-turnover-is-a-combination-data/", "published_at": "2014-09-08T14:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2a1-50ae-730f-8036-0e949b39308d", "title": "Is it time for titles at your startup? Thanks @bhorowitz", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2014/08/22/is-it-time-for-titles-at-your-startup-thanks/", "published_at": "2014-08-22T12:51:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2a1-50ae-730f-8036-0e949bd26ef7", "title": "Looking over the hood of a business?", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2013/12/15/looking-over-the-hood-of-a-business/", "published_at": "2013-12-15T18:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2a1-50ae-730f-8036-0e949bed13a5", "title": "Speaking with our wallet, in a world of options, what your CEO says & your company does matters", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2013/09/22/speaking-with-our-wallet-in-a-world-of-options/", "published_at": "2013-09-22T19:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2a1-50ae-730f-8036-0e949c0bf194", "title": "Getting Emotional", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2013/05/18/getting-emotional/", "published_at": "2013-05-18T17:40:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2b5-85c2-71f3-9c61-3d2479d0b1f4", "title": "Ending the culture of the offer letter negotiation", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2013/05/07/ending-the-culture-of-the-offer-letter-negotiation/", "published_at": "2013-05-08T00:40:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2b5-85c2-71f3-9c61-3d247a496245", "title": "80 hires, 30 gone in 5 years, a data driven and heart driven look at turnover", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2013/03/27/80-hires-30-gone-in-5-years-a-data-driven-and/", "published_at": "2013-03-27T17:27:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2b5-85c3-7077-bed1-5df4b5db4c6a", "title": "Wow, Entrepreneurship has become really self-congratulatory", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2013/03/24/wow-entrepreneurship-has-become-really/", "published_at": "2013-03-24T23:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2b5-85c3-7077-bed1-5df4b6b2f8de", "title": "Picking Mentors who help you be the best YOU", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2013/03/24/picking-mentors-who-help-you-be-the-best-you/", "published_at": "2013-03-24T16:15:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2b5-85c3-7077-bed1-5df4b79564c1", "title": "Biting off more than you can chew is a GREAT idea", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2013/03/12/biting-off-more-than-you-can-chew-is-a-great-idea/", "published_at": "2013-03-12T17:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2b5-85c3-7077-bed1-5df4b7bc5f1e", "title": "Learning to focus", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2013/02/09/learning-to-focus/", "published_at": "2013-02-09T16:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2b5-85c3-7077-bed1-5df4b837d2ca", "title": "Fail: Unlimited Vacation time policy (applies to sick time too)", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2013/01/17/fail-unlimited-vacation-time-policy-applies-to/", "published_at": "2013-01-18T04:22:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2b5-85c3-7077-bed1-5df4b8b86611", "title": "Leaving my startup to support Nora’s startup", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2013/01/16/leaving-my-startup-to-support-noras-startup/", "published_at": "2013-01-17T04:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2b5-85c3-7077-bed1-5df4b8ea93ef", "title": "9 steps to liking your ex-boss / ex-employee, yes it can happen", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2013/01/07/9-steps-to-liking-your-ex-boss-ex-employee-yes/", "published_at": "2013-01-07T11:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2b5-85c3-7077-bed1-5df4b9a6b70b", "title": "The lesson of the year: Never stop building trust", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2012/12/31/the-lesson-of-the-year-never-stop-building-trust/", "published_at": "2012-12-31T16:38:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2c8-2ab5-7372-8fd8-8d62ce667253", "title": "So you wanna grow your business, you can’t scale caring", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2012/10/30/so-you-wanna-grow-your-business-you-cant-scale/", "published_at": "2012-10-31T01:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2c8-2ab5-7372-8fd8-8d62cf01c2b1", "title": "I’m sleeping outside to raise 7500 for homeless youth, will you help me?", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2012/09/26/im-sleeping-outside-to-raise-7500-for-homeless/", "published_at": "2012-09-26T06:36:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2c8-2ab5-7372-8fd8-8d62cfb399ca", "title": "Am I successful? You’ll never know", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2012/09/13/am-i-successful-youll-never-know/", "published_at": "2012-09-13T15:21:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2c8-2ab5-7372-8fd8-8d62d07561e5", "title": "OOPS… I tried to hire a 17 year old", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2012/07/10/oops-i-tried-to-hire-a-17-year-old/", "published_at": "2012-07-10T15:33:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2c8-2ab5-7372-8fd8-8d62d0abc92c", "title": "Why did they go? What I learned about turnover", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2012/05/08/why-did-they-go-what-i-learned-about-turnover/", "published_at": "2012-05-08T17:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2c8-2ab5-7372-8fd8-8d62d161872d", "title": "The HARD Lessons Learned Developing Bonus Plans", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2012/02/11/the-hard-lessons-learned-developing-bonus-plans/", "published_at": "2012-02-11T17:51:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2c8-2ab5-7372-8fd8-8d62d16b6f32", "title": "Hiring remote full time workers – not for me", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2012/01/03/hiring-remote-full-time-workers-not-for-me/", "published_at": "2012-01-03T20:47:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2c8-2ab5-7372-8fd8-8d62d20fc993", "title": "Do you know why your co-workers came to work today?", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2011/11/12/do-you-know-why-your-co-workers-came-to-work/", "published_at": "2011-11-12T20:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2c8-2ab7-721f-bb42-02fca8ea23df", "title": "What I learned about my company when I lost my desk", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2011/10/15/what-i-learned-about-my-company-when-i-lost-my/", "published_at": "2011-10-15T16:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e2c8-2ab7-721f-bb42-02fca95fb1cd", "title": "Changing my presentation style, a bit", "url": "https://wilreynolds.com/2011/10/08/changing-my-presentation-style-a-bit/", "published_at": "2011-10-08T16:20:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

A Hotel Stay Made Me Want to Be Better for My Clientsoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2026
I flew about 70,059 mi last year. Who am I to talk about AI’s impact on the environment?original ↗
19 Aug 2026
How I accidentally got less charitable.original ↗
4 Feb 2026

2025

My mom passed away, what kind of son was I to her?original ↗
5 Nov 2025
I don’t have imposter syndrome. Whew, I finally said it.original ↗
2 Apr 2025
The tech stack I use to keep track of my promisesoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2025

2024

Getting better service makes me want to be a better servant (to my clients)original ↗
13 Sept 2024
CEO’s — You just might be a bit too generousoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2024
Volunteering helped me break out of the cycle of venting about my employer and resulted in me…original ↗
6 May 2024
Kindness in the form of a cup & a plugoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2024

2023

Proving you are good at business, can put you out of business.original ↗
20 Nov 2023
2 parts of your job AI will struggle to replace.original ↗
30 Oct 2023
Entrepreneurs are great at telling incomplete stories, lets change that.original ↗
6 Jan 2023

2022

Can you teach someone to be unafraid?original ↗
28 Nov 2022
Anti-side hustle / Parenting as side hustleoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2022
I f***ing get it … Representation Mattersoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2022
Hustle is in my DNA, sorry not sorryoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2022
Hire for the things you can’t trainoriginal ↗
27 May 2022
Rich & Sadoriginal ↗
16 May 2022
The case for Manager Branding vs Employer Brandingoriginal ↗
6 May 2022
Finding Mentors: Do you want to feel better or get better?original ↗
3 Jan 2022

2021

Delete my Instagram account or delete each of 3600+ Instagram photos one at a time, over 8+ hours?original ↗
20 Dec 2021
Bridge Runoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2021
In a pandemic your support systems determine your level of “struggle”original ↗
30 Aug 2021
I’ve been turning “tough jobs” into fun since I was 12original ↗
13 Aug 2021
Find your praise “blind spots”original ↗
1 Jul 2021
5 years ago I got weird response to an offer & learned a sad truth about interviewing while…original ↗
17 May 2021
“Thank you for firing me”, 9 years later.original ↗
3 May 2021
Stop apologizing for someone in your zoom backgroundoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2021
Living a Life of Enough. Part II — The $50 Million I don’t want.original ↗
23 Mar 2021
Day 1 — Living a Life of Enough. Part Ioriginal ↗
23 Mar 2021
Cities keep me grounded.original ↗
26 Feb 2021
My #1 Fear, disappointing myselforiginal ↗
13 Jan 2021

2020

How I paid for my own raises, twice.original ↗
14 Oct 2020
Was I overlooked for jobs because I am black, how would I know?original ↗
5 Aug 2020
Do your policies build customer mistrustoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2020
Years of practicing resilience is having a big pay offoriginal ↗
20 May 2020

2019

Top reflection after 24 1:1’s in 40 hoursoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2019
I know my wife is safe & I have “bad” tech companies to thank for thatoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2019
Gratitude Hacks @ Workoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2019
My Purpose.original ↗
9 Oct 2019
Finding someone to run your biz when its outgrown your skillsetoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2019
The executives at my company don’t “get it”original ↗
8 Jul 2019
I stopped have back to back meetingsoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2019
Death, Data, and Decisions…original ↗
29 May 2019
Robbing my kids of being raised by blue collar parentsoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2019
Are all small businesses always better than big corporate?original ↗
23 Apr 2019
Safety, Cities, Kids & Lifeoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2019
The $200,000 mistake & what we learnedoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2019
If you want help with work life balance, define it.original ↗
3 Mar 2019
Profit Share @ Seer — 2018 & Beyondoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2019
The data behind how much better my division performed when I stopped running itoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2019

2018

Clear all your repeat meetings once a yearoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2018
What to do before and after your biggest client leaves?original ↗
26 Nov 2018
Why I speak at so many conferences / travel the way I do and why I’m slowing down.original ↗
7 Nov 2018
Which of my kids is “Black Enough” to count in your diversity metrics?original ↗
18 Sept 2018
My User Manualoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2018
On the front lines of a neighborhood in transiton & our role…original ↗
13 Jun 2018
The 1 question that avoided trouble in my marriageoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2018
I didn’t realize I’ve been “working remote “ for years!original ↗
19 Feb 2018

2017

When life changing money, isn’t…original ↗
4 Sept 2017
No matter how much success you have you’re still a scary black man to some people.original ↗
14 Aug 2017
My HR team exposed my bias, and I’m thankful they didoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2017
B2C brands…well Warby Parker & Venmo were started here, that is a start right?original ↗
25 Apr 2017
I was afraid to pull men vs women salary data @ my companyoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2017
Judging a company by their team pageoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2017
False Perks & the email you aren’t sending but need tooriginal ↗
20 Feb 2017
7 conversation starters to move your role from execution partner to strategic consultantoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2017

2016

How Confused is your Team? Find out in 30 secs.original ↗
6 Aug 2016
How I Practice Resilience for the unknown trying times ahead.original ↗
6 Jun 2016

2015

Entrepreneurship Reality, what its really like day in day outoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2015
CEOswap made Seer a more empathetic company…original ↗
17 Apr 2015
I struggle with listening, this is how I get better a bit every dayoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2015
How much is your team working on the weekend? Is it too much?original ↗
8 Jan 2015

2014

Being Homeless vs Hopelessoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2014
Crunching Employee Turnover is a combination Data + Heart v3.0original ↗
8 Sept 2014
Is it time for titles at your startup? Thanks @bhorowitzoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2014

2013

Looking over the hood of a business?original ↗
15 Dec 2013
Speaking with our wallet, in a world of options, what your CEO says & your company does mattersoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2013
Getting Emotionaloriginal ↗
18 May 2013
Ending the culture of the offer letter negotiationoriginal ↗
8 May 2013
80 hires, 30 gone in 5 years, a data driven and heart driven look at turnoveroriginal ↗
27 Mar 2013
Wow, Entrepreneurship has become really self-congratulatoryoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2013
Picking Mentors who help you be the best YOUoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2013
Biting off more than you can chew is a GREAT ideaoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2013
Learning to focusoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2013
Fail: Unlimited Vacation time policy (applies to sick time too)original ↗
18 Jan 2013
Leaving my startup to support Nora’s startuporiginal ↗
17 Jan 2013
9 steps to liking your ex-boss / ex-employee, yes it can happenoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2013

2012

The lesson of the year: Never stop building trustoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2012
So you wanna grow your business, you can’t scale caringoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2012
I’m sleeping outside to raise 7500 for homeless youth, will you help me?original ↗
26 Sept 2012
Am I successful? You’ll never knoworiginal ↗
13 Sept 2012
OOPS… I tried to hire a 17 year oldoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2012
Why did they go? What I learned about turnoveroriginal ↗
8 May 2012
The HARD Lessons Learned Developing Bonus Plansoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2012
Hiring remote full time workers – not for meoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2012

2011

Do you know why your co-workers came to work today?original ↗
12 Nov 2011
What I learned about my company when I lost my deskoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2011
Changing my presentation style, a bitoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2011
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