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You Can’t Be Brilliant Every Time

Everything isn’t epic. Everything isn’t brilliant and better than the last. We aren’t always remarkable. Some days are simple, mundane and even average. Yet our western culture is bannered with […]

Not For Sale. How Not to Sell Out

This message screams to every entrepreneurial tourist from the hillside of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Not For Sale Why does this landowner feel compelled to post a 15″ x 92″ […]

How to stick it to The Man today

Two quick requests before I divulge my secrets on how to Stick It to the Man. I’m usually pretty upbeat in my writing. If this one seems a bit grim […]

How Would You Measure Your Impact Without a Chart?

If you’re the alleyway graffiti artist from the photo my son took in Paris, how do you measure impact? Our world is finitely measured. Charts, graphs, metrics, this vs. that, […]

The Unashamed Truth About Leadership

It’s difficult some days to know the way to the right path. It’s a challenge to know what the effect is of the conversation I just had with an employee. […]

Stop Waiting. Just Go For It.

A lack of action guarantees 100% probability that absolutely nothing new has a chance of happening. None of us, not a single one of us, can predict what will or […]

I Was On Pace to Win, But I Didn’t

You were out the gate and setting a blistering pace. The crowd was offering their cheers and accolades. Everyone believed you were going to do it this time. It looked […]

Get Outside Every Day and Move More

When was the last time you got up from your desk and got outside for five minutes before the next meeting? Instead of checking one more email or returning one more […]

Why Shouldn’t It Be You?

Someone is going to Win a Grammy Start a women’s movement Raise ten million dollars Ring the opening bell for trading at the London Stock Exchange Move to Hawaii Write […]

Stop Using Lack of Time As Your Excuse

It’s easy to tell ourselves If I only I had more time then I would (fill in the blank) Balance my checkbook Stretch my back Clean out the garage Floss […]