Books
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Your ‘Tribes’ Are Important For Your Career Success
What Are Your Tribes? Broncos, Seahawks. Democrat, Republican. Christian, Jew. We belong to ‘Tribes.’ The correct definition of this is a social group that preceded the “state,” small in size. The current use of the word is more of an… Continue reading
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Do You Want To Start Your Own Business? Then Do It.
Stop Planning. Start Doing. I speak to a lot of people who want to start their own business. I speak to lots of people who don’t start their own business. There is only one difference between people who want to… Continue reading
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Small Decisions, Big Life
Learning From Friends I have a friend in his eighties who insists that he is here because his grandfather broke his leg when he was a child. I know, I know, that’s hard to follow. I don’t know why he… Continue reading
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Stick with Your New Year’s Resolutions: Find Your Gateway Habits
Another Year, Another List Do you make the same New Year’s Resolutions year after year? Save money. Lose weight. Get a new job. Get a promotion. Spend more time with the family. Do you ever get your resolutions done? How… Continue reading
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Brand Schmand. Defining Who You Are.
Branding When you think of Coca Cola what comes to mind? The iconic bottle? The taste? What about Apple? Or Amazon? Or Chanel? If products are well-branded then when you think of them, you think of the product, the name,… Continue reading
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Get Your Business Started. What Are You Waiting On?
It’s Time to Put Up or Shut Up So you want to start a business. Someday. Someday will come and go and where will your business be? What are you waiting on? You want to get everything set up first?… Continue reading
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Why Doesn’t Your Team Work?
All of us get to spend time on teams. Some of us spend all of our time on teams. There are terrible teams, good teams and great teams. Most of us rarely get to spend much time on great teams. … Continue reading
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The Way You Think Is Wrong
No Matter Who You Are No matter who you are–black, white, Hispanic, French, Executive, Gen X, Retiree–the way you think is wrong. Oh, I left out Democrat or Republican. Our brains are truly wonderful things. They are efficient processors of… Continue reading
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What We Can Learn From the Olympics
People who make it to the Olympics are REALLY good at what they do. Even people who finish LAST at the Olympics are way better than most of us. How do they get there? Well, the easy answer is that… Continue reading
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My Five Favorite Books on Leadership
So Hard to Pick Just Five! Boy, this was hard. I thought about writing several blogs–My First Five Favorite Books on Leadership, My Next Five Favorite Books on Leadership . . . Then I thought about writing a blog titled… Continue reading