You’re doing it exactly right!

What you're doing is the perfect formula for getting what you've got. With 20+ years and 1000's of case studies, we see that there are very common patterns - each pattern gets its result.  If you want a different result all you need to do is run a different pattern. ...

The trick to building trust; there’s a system.

If you want to expand to the point of financial freedom then you need to play your cards right; part of that is building trust.  But the problem with building anything, especially trust,  is that it take time, time that we'd rather spend doing other things - like...

How do you know what to do with your life?

Talk about ironic... Though brief and off hand, these text comments say what I think so many of us feel. The situation was simple, I was briefly texting with two guys about completely separate topics.  The way they ended up crashing together was fascinating!  Both...

The biggest adventure

You can travel the world over chasing adventure, but there's nothing as big as this one. "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."                      -Helen Keller

The irritating old man at the cafe’

Call it what you like, divine intervention, hearing what I want to hear, whatever; this "irritating" old man told me exactly what I needed to do.  Check it out >>> Out of the mouths of babes.. and old men.

Why you want to be strong

Your life may depend on it. The lives of others may depend on it. You’re more confident. You’re more alert. You’re more attractive. You get taken advantage of less. You’re more independent. What if we taught our kids to be independent, confident and strong - every one...

Fridays, what to do with Fridays..?

Fridays are revealing, you get to see a bit more of who people really are; Sandy's smiling wearing a Packers t-shirt (dress down day), Andy the I'll-never-get-it-right sales guy is dressed down too because everyone else is - problem here is that Andy relaxes when he...

Apple Thinking

Industrial age thinking will keep you in chains. Apple thinking will set you free. 1 Apple doesn’t behave like everyone else. 2 They think.. bigger, and that lights up their creativity! 3 They keep reaching for what’s next Some might say, "Apple got Rewired." How...

Is this why America is awesome?

It seems that encouraging creativity, and prosperity so that gov. can collect more taxes and provide us all with a safe place to grow and create is how America rose to it's global level of cool. But it seems there's been just a smidge of change... seems some of that...

Big (enough) dreams?

You know your dreams are big enough when you're so jacked up you wouldn’t want to go to bed and can't wait to get up in the morning. Truth is, we humans really are a bit weird. We move fast, furious and aggressively to get away from things we don't like, especially if...

Simple pays better.

                        Fascinating how we make our money  - simple, focused, massive action.   But then we get "smart" and immediately increase complexity and business goes into the toilet.  We're left...

Stop all this inane disruption talk already.

These days you hear all the talk about “disrupting industries, massive change, yadda yadda yadda..” It’s not “redefine how you do business… it's more like "refine" how you think about business. You're not really going to, nor do you want to redefine, interrupt,...

Get Farther Faster

Ever wonder what sets the successful and unsuccessful apart? Find out the two main differences between people who are achieving their goals and those who aren’t.

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