Every month or so, I stop and ask myself: “If money, time, talent, and resources were no object, what would be the top 2-3 things I would change in my life?” This is a great question because it moves me out of the “status quo” of life and helps me think bigger. And the truth […]
Half the battle in anything worth doing is just showing up. Show up day after day. Month after month. Decide to make a difference at all times. If it’s worth pursuing, keep showing up. Sure, change your strategy. Adjust your course. But if you want it to work, just keep showing up.
As a rule, we don’t ask very good questions. This is true in relationships. It’s true in business. It’s true in reporting. The way we ask the first few questions of any conversation can drive the conversation forward or kill it in its tracks. I’d never heard anyway address these issues quite so thoroughly as […]
This past Easter a group of us hiked to the top Horsetooth rock. Nearly everyone else who went was from the area. And about half the people there hadn’t done the hike and another third hadn’t done it in the past years. We all talk about how we want to travel the world, see new […]
If you’re a little lost by the title, there’s a classic business idea of the “blue ocean”. If you’re in a competitive industry (read: sharks), you’re in a red ocean. There’s blood in the water. If you’re in an industry with no competition, you’re in a blue ocean. There’s lots of space. And no blood. […]
It’s OK to be wrong, but lazy thinking isn’t OK. In politics, in spirituality, in life, and in relationships, it’s easy to not process things intelligently. When we discuss ideas, we want to get to the root of those ideas. We need to understand how and why things work. We need to ask good questions. In […]
It’s easy to lose the main thing. When you are giving a talk, do you have a main thing you’d like to communicate? Does your business have a main goal? Do you have one big thing you want to accomplish each day? We miss the main thing because it’s hard to focus on the main thing. […]
The difference between a business and a freelancer is: Who does the work? In a business, you build systems and processes to use the lowest talent possible (not to say you don’t want talented people, but you don’t want to need them to function). With a business, you create systems and processes to help make […]
Recently I was re-reading the story of the Rich Young Ruler in Mark 10. One verse stuck out particularly. “Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him and said to him, “One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and […]
Have you ever had a big dream (start a non-profit, run a business, change something in culture) and someone offers you some free advice like “you’re more likely to get hit by lightning than for [that thing] to happen”? Besides being annoying, there’s one problem with this idea. Yes, it’s fairly unlikely you’ll get hit […]