10.27.2011
Love Beats Smarts.
Just because you’re smart doesn’t mean that you can be successful. Even with a laser focus on continuous education, you can’t “out think” your way to being amazing.
10.26.2011
Giving Your Way to Business Success.
The idea of giving as a “business strategy” might seem insanely counterintuitive. And it’s certainly a concept that many businesses struggle with.
10.25.2011
Cheap Crap Isn't Value.
Pushing revenue growth like a mid-block, sweaty-summer yard-sale party isn’t the secret to creating sustainable business growth. It isn’t creating value. Over the last seven decades, businesses have tried just about everything to get noticed — from editorials to magazine articles to
10.20.2011
The Grittier Side of Discipline We Pretend Doesn't Exist.
Make no mistake. Just putting in mindbending amounts of raw effort isn’t enough to make your business successful. You will get some things done. And perhaps the right things will get done. But success isn’t that simple.
10.19.2011
The Insanity Behind Bad Decision Bankruptcy.
No one bad decision can cripple your business. No matter how big the problem is you can solve it.
10.18.2011
3 Extreme Behaviors That Produce Outrageous Business Growth.
Following the rules doesn’t work in business. Even if you’re doing it right, you’re doing it like everybody else. Which is wrong.
10.12.2011
Breathless Business.
We’ve become a generation of “good enough” business leaders. We’ve traded a relentless focus on being extraordinary for the justification that we are following the rules. That we are doing what we’ve been told we should be doing — college
10.11.2011
The Inconvenience of Leadership.
It won’t be a rallying cry that gets you to start thinking about doing things differently. It won’t be a protest movement or a march down Main Street. It’s more subtle. More likely it will be a quiet look to the
10.6.2011
Misfit Leadership Awards.
Awards don’t equal accomplishment. Just because you happen to happen to have the biggest executive trophy case doesn’t mean that you have done anything that really matters in life. It’s doesn’t make you a leader.
10.5.2011
34+ Better Ideas Than Managing Sales People.
Leading is a tough job. Leading sales dudes is one of the hardest responsibilities on the planet. It beats out being POTUS “hands down”.
