As humans, I believe we have a high tolerance level for monkey business. We put up with a lot of nonsense (just look at the recent election if you need proof!) and still manage to make steady progress forward, albeit sometimes at a much slower pace. Too much monkey business in the office means you […]
Fear can be a project stopper. There are many different types of fear that people allow to prevent them from taking action on ideas, but the people who are unable to define the exact thing(s) they’re afraid of I chalk up to being afraid of The Big Bad Wolf. The Big Bad Wolf is the […]
There is only so much room on your shelf. If you want to add something new to your shelf, you have to remove something already on it. There are dozens of projects you want to work on, but the truth is that you can only reasonably handle a few projects at a time and retain […]
Take a look at the photo accompanying this article. There is an incredible amount of detail and nuance to the image. Is it an aerial photo zooming out from the earth and showing roadways cutting through lush rural woodlands of some exotic location? If you look closer, you’ll see that it’s not a photo zoomed […]
For reason my ears have been assaulted recently by people using the wrong words in their conversations. Mark Twain said it best: The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter — it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. My wife and I started noticing […]
If this was truly a good idea, wouldn’t someone have thought of it before? I know what the numbers are saying, but my gut just tells me something different. Maybe now isn’t the right time… perhaps we should wait. This article concludes the series of advice for dealing with the individual fears that prevent people […]
Few people want to go out on limb all by themselves to show support for an idea without knowing who else will be backing the project. No one wants to be left standing alone outside the group feeling stranded and exposed. This article continues the break down of dealing with the individual fears that prevent […]