2 Things I Learned This Week
I learned two things this week. The first was that doing anything new stimulates endorphins for the brain. The second was if I don’t stimulate my brain, I’m going to diminish my ability to produce endorphins. The double whammy became quite the motivator. Doing something new changes the [...]
What an Employee Once Taught Me
The best leadership training I ever received was from an employee. It was back in the day when I owned a small computer service company and everybody on our team, including me, was under the age of 30. It was a fast, fun, and very impulsive culture that [...]
You should have seen the look on their feces
Yes, you read that correctly. “You should have seen the look on their feces.” That was a line I recently read in a book. Clearly it was a mistake the publisher didn’t catch and no doubt that poor author felt some level of embarrassment to see the word feces instead of faces in print. [...]
How to De-Stress Your Day
In the midst of a stressful day, when I was making life more complicated than it needed to be, I took time out and went down to the beach. As I sat on the sand watching the waves roll in, a little girl in a bright blue swim [...]
The Best Way to Make a Decision
A reader recently asked me what to do when you hit a fork in the road. "Pick it up" I told her, "and keep going." Every decision has a consequence but only one choice will keep you on course. It really is that simple, the hard part is [...]
Our Biggest Fear in Business
My client’s issues often come in waves. This past month it seems to be the fear of public speaking. I find this to be interesting because it makes me wonder what we really fear. And why is this dread so severe that it continues to out rank death as our greatest terror. […]