What truths are you avoiding? It is important to be “all in” when you decide on a strategy. Alignment of your team and your investments is the quickest path towards success, as long as you choose a viable direction! However, you need to make sure that you are not ignoring the truth just because you […]
“Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.” —Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher I had an epiphany a dozen years ago when I transitioned from CEO to consultant and coach. I’d spent the previous 25 years looking for answers — the faster the better! Ready, fire, aim! Provide clarity […]
I had the business equivalent of the the chicken vs. the egg discussion with a colleague the other day. Which first, people or strategy? He voted egg, but I’m a chicken guy. Getting the right people on the bus, as author Jim Collins suggested in his book “Good to Great,” is imperative. But like all […]
I’m as web-based as the next guy — searching, buying, posting, texting and noodling just like most of you. I’m also pretty disciplined, so I try to do my noodling only after finishing my work. But I don’t often peruse social media looking for deep thoughts. I still shudder at the poor-quality content that self-made […]
I once heard a comedian say his brain was his favorite body part … but then he questioned the source of his thought! Breathing your own exhaust is dangerous. It has nothing to do with your car and everything to do with an isolated mind that starts believing it is your favorite body part and […]
Have you read “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield? If you’ve ever struggled to maintain motivation or conquer internal demons, you should pick it up. It’s a bit off the wall, but great. In the book, Pressfield talks a lot about muses. If you’ve forgotten your Greek mythology (I had!), the Muses are the […]
If you spend any time in outdoor retailers, you’ve probably seen YETI coolers. If you’re part of the hook and bullet crowd, I bet you own one or two … and perhaps needed a second mortgage on your house to buy them! The first time I saw a YETI cooler price tag at REI, I […]
Here are some things NOT to do in business A client read one of my blogs where I fessed up to something stupid that I’d done and suggested I create a top 10 list, so here it is. This was an extremely difficult exercise — not because I couldn’t come up with 10 or bare […]
CEOs need to experience their product or service as a customer “Is this group two?” I was asked for the third time. “I don’t know about everyone one else here, but yes, I’m a two” I responded. I couldn’t help but be snarky after waiting for the delayed United flight. The guy ahead of me […]
Before 150 years ago, naval warfare looked like two columns of ships (imagine an 11) blasting away at each other’s broadside with uniform damage and loss incurred on each side — like two equal-sized drunks in a bar brawl. Lots of carnage, and the one with the most ships, the most guns per ship, or […]