Happiness Is…
Boulder, Colorado, just south of Scott Carpenter Park December 19, 2013 So, there I was up to my eyeballs in work, hip deep in alligators, computer running slow, internet acting up, emails piling into my inbox like the gulls of Capistrano… I’m a day late and a dollar short… Desk hasn’t been cleared in weeks,…
The #1 Personal Success Engine
“There cannot be a crisis next week – My schedule is already full.” ~ Henry Kissinger According to Dan Kennedy, who arguably has helped more entrepreneurs become successful than any other single author, consultant and coach alive today, there is one determining factor for success. In my own experience, and though I’m still perfecting it,…
Believe In Yourself
“The two most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you figure out why.” ~ Mark Twain In a recent episode of the television show Shark Tank, a would be shark partner was under tough pressure from billionaire shark Mark Cuban. Cuban accused him of flitting from one…
When There Is No ‘Easy Button’
Well, in case you’re wondering about how Boulder and surrounding areas are doing with the amazing rains and flooding, our clear blue skies came back yesterday and I and my family are fine. However as a community, Boulder and Boulder County have seen phenomenal devastation. One of my best friends, 86 years old, has lived…
Dark Side of the Cloud – And How to Avoid It
Not to alarm you, but in case you haven’t noticed, it’s not all beer and roses out on the cloud. As I was rudely reminded yesterday… Maybe you noticed if you got a weird message from me. If it looks suspicious, don’t click on or open anything in it. Just delete. My Gmail account was…
It’s “Simply” Amazing
…what you can do without. Hope you had a fantastic Labor Day weekend, as I did. My son Keegan and I had an incredible “father-son” adventure moving to simpler digs. And challenging as it was, Wow! The sweetness of simplifying is worth sharing. As we buckle down to work in the new week – and…
How Fascinating Can You Be?
With Valentine’s Day once more a recent memory, let’s talk about love – and fascination. In terms of passion for work, you could say that Beethoven was one of the world’s greatest lovers. His great love of course was music. At a fairly young age he realized he was going deaf. Can you even begin…
Tripping Over Diamonds?
Yes, I know February is “Love Month”, but I feel compelled to give you an important “tough love” message about your business. Here goes… Inside the vast Opryland Hotel in Nashville (600,000 square feet just for meeting space) you can hop on a boat and take a ride around the center atrium. From the boat…
How to Predict 2013
If I have one core message for you it’s this: The best way to predict the future is to create it. How many millions of dollars will change hands in bets placed on the Super Bowl this year? In football we set a goal line and starting point. We measure the distance in between them,…
A “Dynamite” Way to Achieve Your Goals
I probably shouldn’t tell you this, but I came from a pretty dysfunctional family. (Aren’t they all, in some way? Please say yes…) My parents were blessed with five rowdy boys, and around my place there were times when you just never knew what to expect. Like the year one of my brothers and a…
