I have had the privilege of poking into the minds of some great executives. One of my favorite clients had a saying that Fawcett was going to “shrink your mind”. I’d like to think I helped expand minds…not shrink them…but who cares what it is called. It is the same thing, no matter what you call it.
Actually, I like to think it of it more of a journey we take together….it just so happens that the land that we are exploring is their mind, their emotions, their fears, their ambitions, their hopes,… Continue

If you haven't yet read Gary Vaynerchuk's new book, "Crush It," then stop reading this and go buy it. Right now. It's a fantastic book, a short read, and it is overflowing with ideas.

As soon as I finished reading it on Monday, I found myself pacing through the house. Involuntary pacing.

And, I'm more psyched now than ever. Join me. Continue

Seth Grodin:
“It used to be easy to tell if someone was an entrepreneur. Either you had a full-time job or you ran a business. So we could treat employees the same (health insurance, no moonlighting) and assume that the few that didn't have jobs were full-time freelancers or entrepreneurs.
It used to be easy to figure out who did the buying at an organization. The purchasing department did. So we knew who to call on.
Now, of course, it's all jumbled up. Everyone is a journalist, of course, but j… Continue

SHIFT AGE TREND REPORT… Continue

If you missed it, Twitter Lists came out last week. Quick overview: You can create a list of Twitterers ("Great Nature Photographers", "People I'd Like to Have Dinner With", "Restaurant Companies that Get Social Media" etc.). You can search and subscribe to someone else's list. That's it.

Let me tell you something: It's a critical innovation, and if you are serious about personal or business branding, you'd best start paying attention, because here's how it will play out:

-- A lot of people wi… Continue

Sorry gang, the battery on my Flip died at the end!

What I didn't get to finish saying was:
"The people that work the hardest to demonstrate to people they CARE will be the most likely to win" and of course to tell you to "Have a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, Tues-day!"

I knew I'd dig Crush it because I'm a big G… Continue

Bill: Last week Susan and I were all about being intentional. Each day we committed to sharing a devotional message with each other and conducting our business for the day focused on our most important priorities. We learned that leading an intentional life goes far beyond a to do list. While lists are important being intentional has more to do with our energy and attitude towards getting the highest priority things done.

We will be the first to admit that we stumbled several times during the w… Continue

"Action without Vision is a Nightmare."

The hard truth is that if you don't create your life, someone else will create it for you. Yes, sometimes s*#t happens that leads to experiences we didn't plan for, and some of those experiences become defining moments… Continue

I was without a job for 6 months. I did a few freelance writing jobs to help pay for the COBRA on my medical and dental insurance, but life was tough. I finally figured out the trick to finding a good job: NETWORKING. And now you can take networking to a whole new level with social media.… Continue

In the shifting economy that has caused so many companies and people to “readjust” their thinking to achieve more with fewer resources, I have learned an important lesson that I should have known prior to the disappearing dollars. I think I always knew it but I didn’t fully use it until I was forced too.

“Less needs more”

Having doubled my responsibilities over the last year not even including my outside desires to engage social media, blog, network, etc. I have found my organiza… Continue