The college football season is now officially underway, and for many people, life is once worth living again. There is something interesting about watching tribes emerge in fall for this sacred festivity … people gathering for sacred rituals involving grilled Johnsonville Brats, glowing 60″ flat screens, massive amounts of cheap beer, and sometimes heated battles about the prowess of their tribe. [...]
This past week, many Apple geeks were rocked with the news that Steve Jobs was resigning from the helm of one of the most iconic companies in the history of our planet. The lamenting of Steve’s leaving was echoed throughout Twitter and the blogosphere; a lamenting that almost seemed like an eerie funeral of sorts [...]
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. – Proverbs 27:17 Honest feedback is something lacking in our world today. Our culture has placed such a focus on being sensitive to others or only listening to what makes us happy that it can be rare to find a person who is willing to [...]
Sometimes the most effective way to discover what you shouldn’t be doing is by actually doing it. Think about it. When you take on projects or clients that end up being a nightmare, you learn you don’t want do those things ever again. The same goes for when you put your hand on a hot [...]
Perhaps one of the best books I have ever read when it comes to business and entrepreneurship is The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber (affiliate link). It has been pivotal in the success behind the businesses I’ve contributed to over the last ten years and I believe it can be for you as well. The E-Myth Revisited [...]
I like to fail. Why? Because when I fail, it means that I tried. There are things that I’ve done that didn’t quite work out like I planned and there have been times where attempting a challenge may have made me look foolish. But I don’t care because it is better to try and fail [...]
Why is it that we sometimes have a hard time saying what’s on our mind? How come we feel that we should sugar-coat our words or deliver a barrage of business jargon that confuses people instead of clarifying? Ineffective communication in business and life is a waste of everyone’s time. Business communication should be simple [...]
