February 16, 2020
7 Surprising Things That Ultra-Successful People Don't Do
There's been plenty written about the habits of highly successful people. They set goals and they follow through. They learn and listen. We get it.
But what do the most...
February 09, 2020
How To Master Any Skill
No one represents mastery more than Pablo Picasso. His masterpiece Women of Algiers sold at auction in New York for over $179 million in 2015, shattering all previous records....
February 02, 2020
How to Find the Best Parking Spot, Every Time
As you drive up to a crowded shopping plaza, your blood pressure rises quickly. Circling the parking lot, you search for the closest possible space. It quickly becomes a fierce...
January 26, 2020
3 Surprisingly Simple Questions That Will Transform Your Career
In our quest for achievement, it's easy to get caught up in complexity. We often think something has to be difficult in order for it to drive real progress. But then something...
January 19, 2020
The More You Do It, The Easier It Becomes
For most of us, we know what needs to be done to reach the next level. If you want to improve health and fitness, we don't need another fad diet we need to exercise more and...
January 12, 2020
The New 70/30 Rule of Inventive Thinking
The infamous 80/20 rule seems to permeate business literature. 80% of your profits come from the best 20% of your customers; 20% of your top people drive 80% of your revenue;...
January 05, 2020
Your Future You
As we us embark on the new decade, most of us have undoubtedly set some resolutions. Lose weight. Read more. Save for retirement. Quit smoking. Volunteer in the community. Yet...
December 29, 2019
IdeaSpewing - A Simple Technique to Unlock Creativity
Staring at the blank page can be intimidating. This could be the start of any creative project - from writing the next great American novel to crafting a new investment deck for...
December 15, 2019
Mental Kale
We've all heard the truism, "you are what you eat." Clearly this applies to food intake and how our body composition is directly correlated. Eat fruit and veggies, have a...
December 08, 2019
The Dude-Bro Conundrum
I have the good fortune of delivering keynote speeches at over 100 corporate events per year. They range from a few hundred to many thousands of people in attendance, often with...
December 01, 2019
10 Customer-Centric Questions to Create Irresistible Value
With our Thanksgiving feasts behind us, ’tis the season of 2020 business planning. Ironically, the theme of gratitude may actually be our best strategy in the new year.
In...
November 24, 2019
Creative Confidence is Not What You Think
We imagine a brilliant artist approaching their work with the masterpiece perfectly etched in their mind before a single brush stroke graces the canvas. Or a prolific musician...