Doug Jossem

This just makes me smile! @RyanJossem is crushing it at the park.

Be a Pro Early in my career, an older mentor told me, "Be a pro." I nodded like I understood, but I didn’t know what he meant. As time has gone on, I’ve learned more about what it means to be a pro. Being a pro is about recognizing that everything you do sends a signal about who you are. Show up early. Proofread your emails. Make your slides clean. Respond quickly. Be helpful without being asked. Be proactive. These seem trivial until you realize most people don't do them consistently. And consistency is where trust is built. The person who always shows up prepared becomes the person others want on their team. Small standards compound into big reputations. When you're sloppy, other people pay the price. Send an email with typos, and the reader has to decode what you meant. Show up late, and everyone else's time becomes less valuable. Run a disorganized meeting, and you've wasted collective human attention. Every time you make someone else's life worse, you're making a withdrawal from your reputation account. Every time you make their life better, you're making a deposit. People gravitate toward those who improve their lives, not those who create extra work. Good lighting and audio for your Zoom calls aren't vanity. They're the basic tools of modern work. When you can't share your screen or your audio cuts out constantly, you're signaling that you haven't learned the fundamentals. It's like showing up to a construction site without knowing how to use your tools. The people who master these basics are showing respect for everyone else. The biggest myth about professionalism is that you have to choose between being fast and being good. The best professionals are both. They respond quickly because they've built systems to do it. They deliver quality because they've practiced enough to make quality their default. This is about being intentional. The benefits of being a pro compound over time. The person known for running great meetings gets invited to more important meetings. The person who delivers clean work gets more interesting projects. The person who makes collaboration easy becomes indispensable. Better opportunities lead to better skills. Better skills lead to better opportunities. The gap between professionals and everyone else widens over time. Being a pro is a choice about how you want to move through the world. You can see standards as constraints that limit your authenticity. Or you can see them as tools that amplify your impact. You can think details don't matter. You can also recognize that details often separate good from great. You can believe being casual makes you more relatable. Or you can understand that being reliable makes you more valuable. The older mentor who told me to "be a pro" understood something fundamental: professionalism isn't about impressing people. It's about creating the conditions for everyone to do their best work. In a world full of people who are just good enough, being great consistently is a superpower.

@jessicaweeks @LASNYC1 @mandygardiner43 @meghaley6 @Ryno @fsurach @paigedski @sergemasyra @katiedrewclay @courtneypappas @calknight Congrats on a great run.

A little nostalgic on my last day at Twitter/X. I was lucky to work at what was truly a company with the best culture possible and then work through the transition to a fast-moving, innovative platform. I’ll carry both experiences with me throughout the rest of my career. I am beyond grateful and especially for all the amazing people I met during this spectacular chapter of my life. 🫡💙 #lovewhereyouworked

A snarky conversation with these two. Great times and thank you for having me as your guest.

I have to say that @billmaher has really hit the nail on the head here.

At a 4 year old birthday party for one of my son’s friends. The interactions of the parents at these events could be a reality show.

@Aerocles In short, a business model that did not evolve with the times. That coupled with short term thinking to appease investors for outcomes that did not align to the audiences that they ultimately served.

BuzzFeed and Vice… these were the players that were disrupting the media landscape and were supposed to represent the future of publishing, rooted in culture and powered by hungry, talented, creative, writers and reporters. WTF happened?

@mjbarash I didn’t know that Jesus had an awareness problem.

Political? Ha! Religion is the now the category to crack in ‘24.

@AaronGoldman Still not the same.

@DougJossem It’s all about the QR code now! But we are using a hashtag for our accompanying social posts #TACHBAE

It’s wild that no ad’s during the Super Bowl have hashtags in them anymore. It actually makes me sad. All those war rooms for all those years.

@Joeylyn Don’t lie, it’s kind of sad. We had some great times over many years :-).

@jamesw They were something… at the peak, I think we were almost 100% adoption so from that to none is wild.

Love this.

79 years after Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated, a poll found that 1 in 5 young Americans believe the Holocaust is a myth - & half think it may be. On Holocaust Remembrance Day, as anti-Semitism surges, we must re-commit to teaching young people why we must vow, 'Never Again.'

Counter intuitive but spot on.

Super valuable advice.

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For the ignorant people that are marching with Hamas banners, take a read at what you’re supporting. This is tough to comprehend but details the barbaric atrocities committed on 10/7. nytimes.com/2023/12/28/wor…

@mrain1 @ChrisCuomo They take a higher moral ground by not showing it and it is incredible how people don’t believe it. The lack of empathy that people have for the families is wild.

@DougJossem @ChrisCuomo "Absolutely. I watched it last night and was deeply moved. These videos need to gets a public release. Everyone needs to understand what Israel is facing and ensure such events never repeat."

This is an incredibly powerful segment and should be seen by all, especially those protesting in the streets to support terror. Well done @ChrisCuomo

@Aerocles The problem with her statement is that freedom of voices and opinions are subjective to their leadership. Meaning if the sentiment shifted to be voices or opinions highlighting the extermination of her family, I have a feeling that those tweets would be suppressed and deleted.

“We will protect your right to intentionally promote dangerous disinformation and spew hateful racism and bigotry even if it invites violence!”