Did you know that most people will spend roughly 46 hours and 26 minutes online per week and that an average person is projected to spend roughly 6 years and 7 months of their life online? Holy Smokes! Now don’t get me wrong, I do......
We all know that when you curate something, you are organizing and presenting. Like a museum where you might curate a specific exhibit. You aren’t creating. Creating: Involves the production of “original” content from scratch. The art of generati...
There seems to be a noticable lack of joy in many retired individuals – not all of course, but sadly more than I imagined. I think many people would describe “joy” as delight or some kind of emotional sensation that follows some ev...
Ok – so I’m about to date myself and trigger a flurry on google for some of my younger readers. Here goes….do you remember the TV series “Little House on the Prairie”? Set in the 1870’s, the town of Walnut Grove, Minnesota was bustling with......
A small business owner is stuck. Sales have flat-lined. He’d love to focus on other things, but revenue is what keeps the lights on and so, like many, he finds himself doing work he really isn’t wired to do. Maybe he should consider a new......
People ages 40 and up are pioneers – pioneers of an entirely different kind. These high performing individuals are learning how to “finish well” in a world that has programmed us differently. These pioneers are rewriting the rules...
Edward Lorenz was an expert in the field of meteorology. Awarded with the 1991 Kyoto Prize for basic sciences, he’s known more as the father of the famed “chaos theory”. He came up with the concept that small effects lead to big changes (the Butter...
Frank made it! After years of dedication to his craft he was named the new Vice President of Sales. While he was settling into his new office, he received an email from the President of the company asking him for his strategy to achieve the......
I was once told of a type of crab that can’t be caught – clever enough to get out of any crab trap that is set for it. Yet, thousands of them are caught every day due to a very human-like quality they possess. The......
Imagine a doctor who, as patients come in all day long and tell him what they want, simply gives it to them without asking any questions. “Doctor, I’m stressed. I need Valium,” says a patient. “No problem,” says the doctor. “Here’s your prescripti...
It doesn’t matter what you call it – account management, client success management, strategic solutions advising, marketing, negotiating, presenting, customer service ……. everyone is in sales. Have you ever convinced a toddler to eat broccoli? The o...
I read a book about the mental aspect of major league pitchers. The name of the book escapes me right now. One pitch after another – a singular task that moves a baseball game from its opening to its close. In order for a pitch......
Finishing well is really what matters. Consider any professional sport – most games are won or lost in the second half. So it is with life. Typical first half pursuits and challenges include: Obtaining an education Getting married or building...
When I hung up the phone from an incoming sales call, I was exhausted. The salesperson asked a number of predictable questions and when he thought he had determined what I needed, he presented a variety of different possibilities. He told me about ...
At a function I attended not too long ago, an energetic individual handed me their card. Under their name was the title “philanthropreneur”. How interesting I thought to combine philanthropy and entrepreneurship. Immediately the likes ...
One summer I was on the driving range at one of our local golf courses, hitting a few balls before our tee time. I was watching an extremely focused individual working on his driving accuracy. His ball continually floated to the right, missing his ...
Is there a difference between “making it big” and “making a big difference”? I guess wealth can be looked at in one of two ways. There’s the financial part and then there’s how we live our lives as human beings. ...
I love patina – on cars, on works of art, on antiques. With exposure to all kind of elements, stresses and time, items are forever changed for the better. They become more beautiful as they age and increase in value. If you are a collector,......
In Ken Dychtwald’s book “With Purpose” he compares life to: A flower that blooms once – the annuals you plant in your garden each year. They are beautiful but as fall approaches the petals fall off and the plant shrivels up i...
We often use the word “hunter” when describing sales people. At times though it can be less about stalking and then pulling the trigger and more about finding those elusive new customers that are swimming about in the market place. Kind ...
When I hung up the phone from an incoming sales call, I was exhausted. The salesperson asked a number of predictable questions and when he thought he had determined what I needed, he presented a variety of different possibilities. He told me about the corporate...
Imagine a doctor who, as patients come in all day long and tell him what they want, simply gives it to them without asking any questions. “Doctor, I’m stressed. I need Valium,” says a patient. “No problem,” says the doctor. “Here’s your prescription.” "Doctor, I just can't...
