Thank U Teachers
Teachers Are Marketers, perhaps the most important marketers there are, but alas many don't realize they are. Most people think of marketing as advertising. So if you don't run ads you think I'm not a marketer. But marketing is more than advertising, at its core...
Stop Wasting Time
I recently had my Upward Bound students take a look out of the classroom window at building. I posed the questions is it moving. All of the students said of course not, it's stationary. But here's one of the amazing things about how our universe works. All objects,...
How To Sharpen Your Axe
"If I had 6-hours to chop down a tree, I'd take 4 to sharpen the axe."...Abraham Lincoln What Lincoln realized is that time is finite, and that we should take as much time as possible to work on our most valuable tool to accomplish the task ahead of us. You are your...
Where Are You Going
If your organization doesn't know where it's going, it's going to be difficult to get there. Ensure you arrive at the desired place by setting specific objectives, and ensuring the objectives are understood.
Either Way
You can say "It's impossible, it can't be done", or you can say "I haven't figured out how 2 do it yet". It's entirely up 2U either way you're correct.
Transformation Is Everyone’s Job
Dr. Edward Deming, the person most responsible for what we know 2day as quality control systems, had 14 points to ensure quality outputs. One of them is that transformation is everyones job. So as a collective we are all responsible 4 changing things. For making...
Just Say No
An old friend once taught me that if you don't stand 4 something you'll fall for anything. When you stand 4 something it means saying no 2 the things you don't. If you spend your time fulfilling the request of others, you'll find yourself doing a lot of wheel...
How To Deal With Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome, doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud, happens because the innovator is trying 2 do something different, something that hasn't been done before, create something new, taking the lead, make a ruckus because one needs 2 be made, and risking...
Is Blogging Dead?
Some people think blogging is dead because the Internet is 2 crowed. They say it's tuff 2 be heard above the crowd. And they're right. Blogging is dead if you're worried about standing out from the crowd, because standing out can be really, really hard if you're...
Can You Imagine That…?
One of the biggest problems people have with idea thinking is an inability to imagine due largely to an over commitment to knowledge acquisition. Far 2 many books, Podcast, conferences, etc. Einstein famously said, "Logic will get you from points A to B. ...
What Wild E. Coyote Taught Us
One of the things you glean from watching Wild E. Coyote, the classic Wanner Brothers cartoon, is that as animator Art Babbitt put it "Animation follows the laws of physics...unless it's funnier otherwise." The more subtle thing 2 pickup on is that his will 2 succeed...
Where Do Innovative Ideas Come From?
From time-2-time innovative ideas appear to come completely out of left field, or to be brand new. Creative ideas so unique they appear to be woven together out of thinking that didn’t previously exist. But rarely is this truly the case. Innovative ideas most often...
Things Stupid People Say
Mark Twain advised against arguing with stupid people. The inherent danger being that they might drag you down to their level, and beat you with their experience. If Nipsey Russel were giving clues on the old TV game show The $10,000 Pyramid he might say... "That's...
The Entrepreneur Doesn’t Have A Job
Entrepreneurs offer generous solutions to problems in need of solutions. Entrepreneurs get better by solving more problems 4 more people. Entrepreneurs expand by spreading their solution(s) across boarders (local, national, and international). Entrepreneurs don't have...
Entrepreneurship Is Uncomfortable
Entrepreneurs Wanted. No way to apply. No salary, or minimum wage. No one picks you. If all this makes you uncomfortable, great! Because being uncomfortable is the #1 thing an entrepreneur has to get comfortable with.
Do You Have The Courage To Get Lucky?
Ever wonder why you don't get lucky when you need to? It's because luck is a byproduct of contribution, of showing up over and over again, and of generous action. Lucky people aren't just in the right place, at the right time. Lucky people are those with the courage...
How to get from where you are to where you want to be
In our personal, journeys saying that you want to go from one place to another is easy. But getting from where you are to where you want to be requires that you scrutinize who you are. Self analysis for some folks can be uncomfortable. However, successful people...
Happy Birthday to Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall, born April 3, 1934, is evidence that one person showing up consistently, and generously can change our world 4 the better. Happy Birthday, Jane!
How To Become Famous
Most painters, poets, consultants, bloggers, singers, actors, influencers, politicians, photographers, or just about anyone doing anything all want to be famous. Famous simply means known by many. But when most folks think about famous they add a modifier...world....
Happy Birthday Muhammad Ali
Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, rumble young man, rumble. Possibly the most popular personal brand in history it's hard to believe there was a time Ali wasn't well liked. But there was. Having the courage to obey your convictions over the lure of fame...