My name is Sean Johnson. I live in Chicago. I lead product development at Digital Intent, helping companies like Groupon, Follett & Sittercity build great products. I started Jelly Chicago and the Chicago Growth Hackers Meetup, and teach at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. I believe you're alive for a reason, and I bet it's something pretty great. I want to help you make the most of it. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook and .

Posts in Personal

Why people shouldn’t love you for who you are.

Four reasons why you should want people to expect more of you.

Why you need more margin in your life

Why lack of margin is hurting you, and how to fix it.

Salt used wisely

No one eats salt by itself.

Life is a race

“The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.”
~ Richard Foster

4 things I learned in 2009

A quick look back at one of the biggest years of my life.

Eight Life Hacks

Simple things I do to “cheat the system”

Thanks

In the midst of all the food and the parades and the football, Thanksgiving is about realizing how great we have it. It’s a realization we desperately need.

10 things I do to manage my time more effectively

Lots of books, blogs and seminars have been created to address the concepts of time management, and for the past year I’ve read a ton of them. I’ve been soaking up information on how others bring order to their lives, creating more time and taking better advantage of the time they have.

Opening pandora’s box

or… what Joe Cocker (and my wife) know about fighting poverty.

Taking it seriously

What does it mean to act like God actually meant what he said?