For a long time, I have recommended a book by Harry Beckwith: “You, Inc.”  This book was way before its time.  Now, everyone needs to learn how they are their own start-up.  Here are four ways from the authors of “The Start up of You,” Ben Casnocha and Reid Hoffman:  — Having the passion.  […]
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I am in the sales business. Â We train young people all the time. Â They always have a vision for what sales people do (think high pressure sales with a very outgoing brash personality) and try to become someone they are not. Â Below is a nice article on standing out without being brash. We have a
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In a recent Strategic Coach class, I was in a breakout session with entrepreneur Geeta Nadkarni. In that session, she shared that she asks herself 4 questions every single day (see below for these questions). Rule 1 of The Fantastic Life is to Know Your Story. Of course, we want to talk to ourselves in a positive
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I am an achievement addict. I have been for all my life. Is achievement the same as success? Not sure but it is close enough for me to do some introspection and share my thoughts with you. I will use success and achievement interchangeably in this LIFEies. The Atlantic article by Arthur C. Brooks below talks about some people who
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I have to admit, I don’t listen to hard rock. Nor was I really a Van Halen fan. I am, however, a complete fanatic about finding, watching, and enjoying anyone who is the best in the world at what they do. For 25 years, since I learned the Unique Abilities concept from Dan Sullivan at Strategic
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I thought the below WSJ article on questions we want to ask our parents was thoughtful. Why not, RIGHT NOW, ask any and all questions of our parents we might have? I have lost both my parents, so I sent this to my kids and said—now is the time, ask away. If you are good with
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I was drafted by the Minnesota Twins right out of college, but when they released me a year later I had to figure out what my next steps would be career-wise. My parents were both high school teachers and I knew I didn’t want to follow in their footsteps. I identified three items for the career
After my Dad passed in late 2018, I wrote a couple LIFEies on death (you can read them here and here).  My longtime friend Joe Blackbourn sent me the below Yom Kippur sermon from Rabbi Steve Leder and I thought I would share it with our community. I think the whole sermon is worth reading but
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I know the amount of time I spent with my kids when they were growing up was way more than the time I spent with my own parents. This is not a slam on my parents — the world changed. Below is some data from The Economist showing that parents are now spending twice as
