My Trip To Santa Monica Yesterday
Today (now yesterday) should be interesting. After my usual Friday morning Zoom, I'm headed to Santa Monica for the day.
This morning’s Zoom is about delegating and then tracking what you’ve delegated. The best way to increase productivity is to delegate without micromanaging.Â
You have to let go and trust, and the way to do that is just a little bit at a time.
The Zoom went well. Better than I thought, actually. Everybody loves Airtable every time I demo something with it. It’s such an amazing tool! I love it. I want to marry it.
I got to Santa Monica and worked on some video scripts, and then I had a meeting at 3 pm.Â
I met Jessica Mah for coffee and we had a great conversation. Among other things we talked about how Coronavirus is affecting businesses. What will businesses do if everyone at Instacart says, “fuck this I’m not going around delivering to people who might have it?” It started with Airlines, but now a lot of people are afraid to leave their homes.Â
I joked with her that I hardly ever leave anyway. When my wife wants to cook something, she finds a recipe, orders the ingredients on Amazon Whole Foods, and within 2 hours she’s cooking up something really good, and really healthy.
But if that Amazon guy no longer wants to deliver?
Maybe the FCC will let Amazon have their way with their drones?
This was my first time meeting Jessica in person. I always enjoy speaking with her. She’s such a smart, cool, down to earth, and funny woman. And she’s going to hop onto my Friday Zoom on March 27! I can’t wait.
My wife didn’t want me to go. This Coronavirus thing is scary. And why the fuck did they make it one word? Am I the only one who finds that incredibly annoying?
