2.21.2012

The Right Age To Be Amazing.

At 1, Christian Friedrich Heinecken, the legendary child prodigy had read the Pentateuch. At 2, speed skater Bonnie Blair began skating. She should go on to win five Olympic gold medals. At 3, Wolfgang Mozart, taught himself to play the

2.16.2012

11 Game-Changing Companies Who (Successfully) Broke The Rules.

There are rules and guidelines that limit what is possible to achieve. Rules that we all somehow agree to. Rules about the cost of doing business. About profit, loss, and reinvestment. Rules about possibilities. Rules dictated by shear elemental constraint.

2.15.2012

9 (Uncomfortable) Steps to Changing Any Conversation.

Any time you try to change a conversation you’re going to get pushed back. When you try to change the topic some of those around you will try to push the conversation back to where it already was. That’s where

2.14.2012

Refusing To Lose Quietly.

You don’t have to go down quietly. You don’t have to throw up your hands, hang your head, and admit defeat. It is a choice. Both giving up and fighting on. They are just choices. And it’s your choice today.

2.13.2012

How To Get Places.

The only step that matters is the next one. Where you were before is just history. Where you end up is a result of where your next step takes you. It is all too easy to let complex business problems

2.10.2012

What Doesn’t Need To Be Said.

Just because it is true doesn’t mean it needs to be said. Sometimes kindness is a better strategy. You can discount tolerance as being weak, but maybe it’s just you giving those around you the chance you want desperately for yourself. And that’s not

2.9.2012

Re-Feeding Your Addiction.

It might be hard to admit but addiction plays a significant role in all the decisions that you make each day. Your addiction decides for you whether you relentlessly pursue bold ideas of whether you give in to how your

2.8.2012

You Already Know What To Do.

You know everything you need to know. What you don’t know, you can find out in seconds. Take a look. There are more “how-to” articles on the web that ever before. There is a “fast, five-step plan” for just about

2.7.2012

The Best Way To Do Nothing.

Just because you’re busy doesn’t mean you’re doing anything that matters. In fact, the busier you are, the greater your chances that you’re not doing things that really matters at all. Think about that for a second. It might be

2.1.2012

The Lie of Recurring Revenue.

One of the recently trendy business strategies over the last decade is the idea of creating “recurring revenue”. The basic concept is that you can create content and marketing that together drive sustainable revenue long after the content is first