1.5.2011
The Power You Have.
You may think sometimes that you are powerless to change the situation you are in. It may appear that you are powerless to escape the pain you feel, the consequences you have accrued, or the thoughts and doubts that make
12.30.2010
New Resolution. Forget the Facts and Figures.
At some point you have to question the facts and figures. They don’t (really) add up.
11.16.2010
3 Bad Personal Decisions That Are Making You a Business Loser
“Sometimes, bad things just happen to good people…” Ever hear that phrase before?
10.12.2010
Why The Facts Don’t (Really) Matter.
“Is that a fact….?” You’ve probably been asked that quite a few times over your lifetime. Professors. Parents. Your priest. They all care about “the facts”.
8.12.2010
Pain: How to Look Past the Shadows on the Wall.
Pain is the primary driver for everything that we do (or don’t do). It determines what we think about. What we believe is possible.
7.15.2010
Introspection, Nonsense, and Hoping for More.
Since when did sales come down to the fine art of improving your quarterly performance? To improving your quota by that 4% margin of victory. Since when did we start looking back (on the worst sales year of 3 generations)
7.13.2010
The Karmic Charm of Action.
Life comes at us fast. We are pushed to fear and faint and fail. The deck is stacked. The odds are cast. Friends are few and foes are many.
6.6.2010
MindMeister Maps your Mind.
Ever have a great idea and then forget it three minutes later when someone jumps into your office asking for help? Or how about the problem of not seeing the world as a series of consecutive steps? What if, to
4.29.2010
Being a Knowledge Snob Isn't Cool.
Sometimes on the weekends I take my sons down to the park to play and I sit on the bench and watch as they interact with they children on the playground. I laugh. I observe. I come to their aid
3.30.2010
Comparing our Way to Horrible Conclusions
We use comparisons all the time to measure how successful we are. It’s part of our primal instinct. To feel good about our place in life, we need to know “who we’re better than”.