by Rodney Goldston | Jul 13, 2015 | Success
My friends Daryl and Stephanie live in Westgrove, Pennsylvania which is a small town not far from Kennette Square, Pa which happens to be the mushroom capital of the world. Growing mushrooms requires things that are rotting and lots of fertilizer both of which smell...
by Rodney Goldston | Jun 29, 2015 | Success
If you were a fan of the hit show Lost then you’re familiar with ‘The Others”. The ‘Others’ were the group of people who lived on the other side of the island. ‘The Others’ were the enemy, the terrorist. The strange thing...
by Rodney Goldston | Jun 28, 2015 | Success
Tall Ships landed in Philadelphia this week. I spent the day sailing with the crew of the tall ship Picton Castle. Working a ship is hard, dirty, and dangerous. Surprisingly the majority of the crew were young ladies. The seemed to be excellent in their task (so...
by Rodney Goldston | Jun 16, 2015 | Encouragement, Success
When you negotiate with someone else you get a better deal. But when you negotiate with yourself to do something later instead of now you usually get the short end of the stick because later makes you rusty. I’ll (you fill in the blank) tomorrow, just 5 more...
by Rodney Goldston | Jun 15, 2015 | Success
Just about everything you’ve ever learned about finding a job has been geared towards getting employed with a large fortune 500 company. The challenge is that small businesses employ far more people, so you’re more likely to land a gig with a small local...
by Rodney Goldston | Jun 12, 2015 | Success
The day to day grind and hyper focus on making it often prevents startups and bootstrappers from embracing and leaning into small failures. And modern media doesn’t help at all. Shows like American Idol, and Shark Tank dupe the startup into believing that the only...
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