Productivity
Why Some Succeed and Others Don’t: The Follow-Through Factor
It’s March. How are your New Year’s Resolutions coming along? Are you following through? If so, good for you! That…
Unlocking Productivity: The Three Principles That Changed a Leader’s Life and Business
One of my best clients was a high-potential manager who tended to overwhelm himself. It was (and still is) important…
Profit, Performance, and Pretense: Peeling Back the Layers of Corporate Cosmetic Surgery
I grew up in the era of the Rocky and Rambo movies. Sylvester Stallone was everywhere. Movie posters, t-shirts, lunch…
It’s not all for the best: The art of letting go
We have a beautiful flowering tree in our backyard. It always reminded me of a (large) carefully pruned bonsai. Planted…
Woodworking Wisdom: 6 Leadership Lessons Discovered in the Workshop of Adversity
Our house has a lovely, open-format layout. The only walls we have downstairs are holding up the upstairs. This is…
Some things you just can’t fix. Nine very avoidable problems.
I’m feeling good right now. I just got back from practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ). If you aren’t familiar, BJJ is…
Six tips for refusing to get stuck on, “We don’t see a way forward.”
I ended this week feeling a little tired. Nearly every day, someone told me, “We can’t do XYZ. It’s not…
Do you ever feel like things fall apart just as they were starting to come together? Here’s what to do
Life happens. Disruptions happen. Problems happen. Consider many of my clients. They learn and apply the basic principles of success….
Vision doesn’t pay the bills. Why you need to learn business math.
The owner of a small business cornered me at an event. He has an idea that he believes will generate…
The 6 Ingredients for Building Freedom: How to get out of the day-to-day
“I feel maxed out. I can’t breathe.” “I hate looking at my phone. It’s always packed full of messages asking…