In the past 12 days I’ve blogged every single day and I plan to continue for a total of 30 days. My approach to blogging is very similar to how I start companies. I get inspired, write something down, hit publish and then fix the typos and issues as I get feedback. Seriously. It’s very iterative and there are quite
The world is riddled with people and their excuses. They always have a reason for something not going their way. I choose to take a different approach. I believe that I own 100% of my outcomes. I either win or I lose because of my actions. Some might blame circumstances, but I don’t. I look at it as a learning
The challenge in todays world is that almost anyone can be reached via email. You can either guess their email using a tool like Rapportive, or just find their public Facebook page and message them directly. In some ways, your inbox is filled with everyone else’s to-do lists.
Wow. What an amazing speech. I had no idea. What I love most is the passion, the story and the way he told it. This video should be shown in every business class because it represents the power of story and passion. Here’s a guy that devoted his life to helping children understand themselves better. He didn’t agree with cartoons
Why are more people scared of public speaking (74%) than of death (68%)? Think about that… more people would rather be in the casket, than giving the eulogy. I think that’s ridiculous and that understanding our fears should be a top priority in our life.
Starting a full blown company is a scary endeavour… that’s why I’ve always started very small. My approach is very iterative. At each step I’m trying to prove if there’s a “there, there.” Or better yet, “Will the dog hunt?”, “Does anyone want this?” I also start off with a few contradictory assumptions:
“It isn’t normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.” ~ Abraham Maslow All great entrepreneurs have this in common. They know what they want. But they didn’t always know what they really wanted. Most of them went through what I call Maslow’s Hierarchy of Entrepreneurial Needs, borrowed from Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs depicted
A few years ago I heard someone say, “Everything that exists in the world was created by man. Everything.” Rituals, holidays, cities, objects, innovation – it was all created by a person who had an idea, convinced enough other people it was worthwhile, and brought it to life. If that’s true, then are we living someone else’s reality?
Most people find it weird that I’ll train for 6 months so I can attempt to summit the biggest mountain in the contiguous United States – Mt Rainier – but I won’t: wait 10 minutes in line at the bank, spend 30 minutes cleaning my car, or mow my own lawn. I just wont do it. I refuse to do
“Marketing is the price you pay for being unremarkable”~ Robert Stephens, founder of the Geek Squad. That quote cuts like a knife because it’s a simple reminder that we can all be doing more to standout in our businesses. The picture above is of Renee and I in New York after we got custom hats made by Satya Twena who raised
