Praise Pays
Bill Walsh is a legend in NFL history. When he took over the San Francisco 49ers, they were the worst team in the league with a 2-14 record. Within 2 years, they were the best team in football, won the … Continued
How To Turn Your Goals Into A System
Why do you think most people obsess over setting goals? I don’t know about you, but I have a deep, burning desire to realize my full potential. I want to know how much I can accomplish. I want to see … Continued
The Mindset for Progress
This time of year hits & people start talking about the changes they’re going to make, making resolutions for the new year. Guess what? If you’re doing that, you’re not going to achieve those “goals”… and yes, I actually used … Continued
“We’re all full of sh-t, so don’t act like yours don’t stink.”
OK, we’re not full of DÜDÜ, per se, but we each contain a unique brand of *something*… Everyone has a silliness, cuteness, hopefulness… and we also have things we disagree with. We find people disagreeable. And, even more important to … Continued
Ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship.
There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. | JFK The status quo is intoxicating. Its warm, fuzzy comfort makes anything outside of that zone risky and, therefore, unadvisable, unattractive, … Continued
My Legacy In A Tweet (Or, Unexpected Life Lessons from Hootsuite)
Earlier today, I was soaking in a bath. Epsom salt, Aveda’s stress-fix composition oil, & a candle lit… the whole nine. [Sidenote: I used to hate baths… no, not as a kid! Like, as an adult, I was very averse … Continued
Be the CEO of ‘Right Now’
If you were to attend every college class thinking, ‘My goal is to graduate. Gotta graduate. Graduate. GRADUATE,” that’s a ton of pressure for every class, every minute. Like. it’s a mid-October Tuesday during sophomore year… take a breath. To … Continued