Stop Looking for Influence to Validate Your Leadership — Over 20 years ago I learned that Leadership was Influence, but now I’m questioning the premise. In the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell created a masterful book that thousands of individuals and companies have followed as the gospel of leadership. …

Have you ever heard this African proverb: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” I love that quote. But I fear that it implies a huge lie. The lie is an “either-or” dichotomy. ie, an “illusion of opposites.” The Illusion of Opposites So often we…

𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙪𝙚, 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣… — It’s often forced or lacks integrity, with compromises on both sides. The logical option is to let business be business. Remove the financial from your ooey gooey project. But that never felt right. {Hint hint: “always trust your gut”.} I had a feeling and a belief that were opposed to…

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” — Albert Einstein — There’s a secret in this quote that I want to unpack with you today. But first let’s fully grasp what it says on the surface. The Surface Level Power of This Quote When you read this quote on the surface, it already conveys a powerful idea about mindset and problem solving .If you don’t change the way…

1. Do something 2. Do something consistently 3. Learn to do something better 4. Teach someone to do something for you 5. Do something new Two things I want to share with you today refer to levels 2 and 4. Many times we go from 1 to 3, but skip 2. …

For years I debated whether or not to participate in Black Friday. Whether as a consumer or entrepreneur, it seemed like participating would make me a pawn in a global capitalist social experiment. I’ve never been big on shopping, following sales or cutting coupons. But I recall the year a…

As an entrepreneur, its easy to get overwhelmed trying to follow everyone’s advice. Everyone has an opinion. But if you can find the nuts and bolts of a simple strategy it will be much more manageable. For example… Here are three simple keys to organizing and managing your growth that…

BACKSTORY: In the 2016 presidential elections, email was a controversial topic. Hilary Clinton’s email was leaked or hacked by Russian or something and it was on everyone’s radar. I decided to sign up for both Trump and Hilary’s email list to see how their strategies differed. Surprisingly there were HUGE…

Desperation for growth can lead to counterproductive actions. A big and common one having too many ideas in too many directions. We read too many books, watch too many videos, start too many projects. Take, for example, you have one major goal. Because of urgency and stress, we decide to…