The Danger of “Real Quick”
You’re a business owner and driving hard to get things done everyday, but sometimes you leave at the end of the day and think, “What did I actually do today?” For me, and a...
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The Power of Hope
In 1957 Carl Richter did an experiment with rats. He put them into a glass container filled with water and watched them swim until they finally gave up and drowned. Not sure what kind...
Beating the Baseline
We all have baselines in our lives in every area. There are baselines in our finances, or relationships, our talents, and every other conceivable aspect of ourselves. Baselines aren’t a problem. They are just...
What’s With Quiet Quitting?
I remember when I was a teenager in the early 1990s and I first discovered The Beatles. I felt like I was the first person to discover this amazing band, and most of my...
Where is Your Skip Intro Button?
In May of 2017 Netflix introduced the “Skip Intro” button and changed the way we watch TV. Now viewers could binge their favorite shows and skip the long repetitive introductions. Not that we hated...
What Are You Aiming At?
The great Zig Ziglar used to famously say, “If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every time.” As a business owner and CEO this is one of the core issues you face. You...
Running a Mise En Place Business
If you’ve ever worked as a chef then you’re familiar with the French term “mise en place” which roughly means “putting in place.” This little phrase is the foundation of the culinary world of...
Lower the Waterline
In the 1970s and 1980s American automotive manufacturers were producing some of the lowest quality cars in history. It’s not that they were unaware of the low quality it’s just that they didn’t believe...
Behold, The Turtle
My grandfather used to have a huge painting behind the desk in his office of a turtle. As a kid it was just a cool picture to me and it made sense to me...
Why Your Best Isn’t Good Enough
I’m a father of three little kiddos. 8, 6, and 4 at the moment. Parenting has to be one of the greatest joys and frustrations of my life. It’s a weird dichotomy trying to...
Master Yourself First
Our society today has almost an angry aversion to mastering oneself. We are who were are, right? We were born this way as Lady Gaga says and the world should accept us as we...