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“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.” – Pablo Picasso Daniel’s squishy goal of “finish my novel,” had just been reenergized by connecting with his “why.” As discussed in our […]

“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche Daniel’s New Year’s goal to “finish his novel” was too squishy. As we discussed in the last post, a squishy goal is not really very measurable – it’s too abstract, and doesn’t have any clearly defined steps. Another reason […]

Daniel is a aspiring young author. He has countless outlines and story ideas, but between his work obligations, and time with his family, he has little time to finish the novel he’s been working on. While making his list of goals for the New Year, he lightly scrawled down the words “finish novel.” He’s written […]

Charlie’s inner introvert cringed when his buddy invited him to a networking event. That was three years ago. Today, Charlie begins every day during the week attending networking events all around town. What changed? How did Charlie go from dreading having to engage with strangers to ordering his entire schedule around it? Simple – without […]

In Gerber’s “E-Myth Revisited,” the roles of Entrepreneur, Manager, and Technician, are shown to be vital to the longterm success of any business. Previously, we examined what it looks like to run a business from the perspective of each of these roles, and learned from what others have done wrong. This time we will discuss the […]

When Jason realized that Augmented Reality was going to be the next big thing, he knew he’d be a fool not to act on it. Providing people a digital way to interact with the physical world around them (think Pokemon Go) – it just seemed like too big of an opportunity to pass up. Jason […]

David owned a custom sprinkler installation and repair company. He had too many clients, and couldn't keep up with the all the work that was coming in. At the same time, he found himself about ten clients short of making ends meet every moth. He hated to turn away business but he physically couldn’t take on any more […]

They say hindsight is 20/20. How did our ten person startup go from having what seemed to be: the right group of people with the right kind of ideas generating millions of dollars of revenue per year making a big splash in the niche where we focused to ending in a frustrating death in 4.5 […]

It seems to be a basic human desire to have an impact on the world. Just Google “quote make a difference” and browse some of the results. If you are like me, you will be inspired to read quotes from Emerson, Gandhi, Robert Kennedy, Thoreau, and a host of others. Even Steve Jobs of Apple […]

Do you want to accomplish something significant in your life? I know I do, and most people do. As Steve Jobs put it, we all want to make our "dent in the universe". We want to know, at the end of our lives, that we [...]

The year was 1993. I had been working for the same company for over a decade. I had changed job roles at least six times, doing (sometimes completely) different things, but now something was missing. I was no longer excited about coming to work. A group of us had fallen in the habit of eating […]

Do you remember how you learned to ride a bicycle? Were you one of the lucky ones that learned easily? Or is the memory so terrifying that you’ve blocked it out of your consciousness (like me)? Regardless, the process involves several stages of learning, some of them at the same time. (Or if you were […]