“Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions.” –Unknown Decisions, decisions, decisions...
“It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than to watch it accumulate.” –Gloria Steinem When you first start pursuing work that really lights you up, it’s super exciting and fulfilling. You can spend hours being lost in the flow of creating and building. It’s...
“The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.” –Rachel Naomi Remen Recently we gave you the inside track on how to get noticed by uber-successful people,...
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” –Mahatma Gandhi Have you ever had that experience of taking a stand—having done the difficult and necessary work to stop living a life of mediocrity, taking the time to discover...
“All personality traits have their good side and their bad side. But for a long time, we've seen introversion only through its negative side and extroversion mostly through its positive side.” - Susan Cain Do you freak out at the thought of social situations and meeting...
Paris Street Scenes - July 2015 “Words that are carefully framed and spoken are the most powerful means of communication there is.” - Nancy Duarte Have you ever had that awful experience of meeting someone new (whether in a business or a social setting) and shared your...
Stepping Onto the World's Stage Most of you probably already know my obsession with TED. Their 1,700+ free videos from the smartest, most talented, influential, creative and crazy people in the world provide more useful education and inspiration than just about anything else I've found on...
"Even the biggest ideas in the world start with the smallest of conversations. Say something." "So, what do you do?" "Um, I'm in sales. What about you?" "I'm an accountant." Sounds like the start of a mouthwatering conversation, eh? I've never liked this question, especially since it's one of the first...
"It felt like everyone was turning me down – until I realized I wasn't asking for anything." - The man who forgot to ask Getting What You Want & Asking the $100,000 Question...
"Our competitive advantage is that we make a promise and we keep it." - Warren Buffett [image credit] The Power of a Promise I spent last Saturday in a room soaking in lessons from Warren Buffett and his partner Charlie Munger, as I have for seven out of...