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Type A-The Solution

So some guy, some Type A, must have decided that he would combat his trajectory towards a heart attack by inventing one of these. The Treadmill Workstation. I am not […]

Automation is not a shortcut to solve problems

Are you aware that Automation can be short for more problems? Automating….. What is already broken or not working well will create a bigger mess. Will give you more insight […]

Non-Essential Personnel

On snowy weather days here on the Front Range of Colorado, it is not uncommon for our schools and offices to have a two hour delay added to the normal […]

Are We Any Good at What We do?

When I attended the Seth Godin Medicine Ball session last month, he asked a key question. As part of a three part triangular diagram, the questions were: Do you understand how things […]

How to Dollar Cost Average for Life

I find that one of my greatest challenges to producing or yielding more in life is due to a lack of consistency. Consistency is a challenge. Pick any one of […]

Start Doing the Job You Wish You Had

There is only one you. I spoke with a friend this week that was recently hired as an Estate Manager in Beverly Hills, CA. He was responsible for hosting Hollywood’s […]

Twenty seconds of insane courage

In the movie We bought a Zoo-Matt Damon, there is a great scene where Matt Damon’s character is coaching his son on being insanely brave for 20 seconds. When considering […]

My boss does not inspire me

Here is what you tell yourself…. My boss does not inspire me. (In your mind this is the root problem). He/she does not motivate me or get me excited. (In […]

Ten Thousand hours

Have you read Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell? Here is a quick rule that he talks about. In short, the key to success is to spend ten thousand hours in your craft, art, sport, […]

Seth Godin Medicine Ball Sessions

I just completed a three-day course, workshop, event, and guru-session with the famed business thinker Seth Godin. There were roughly 70 of us, selected through an application process, throwing the medicine ball […]