Back when we were all still allowed to travel further than the length of our driveway and taking a vacation meant more than sitting in a lawn chair in your backyard, my favorite place to escape to was Hawaii. Anytime we travelled to Oahu, my wife and I always made time to visit the Moana […]
I attended a meeting of an industry networking group that has been around for a number of years. There are a ton of veterans in this group with decades of customer success stories and experience earned in the trenches. Almost all the members have known each for years, so there are no punches pulled and […]
I’ve noticed a lot of people on social media will ask a discussion group a question along the lines of: “Do you like A or B?” or “What would you do in a situation like this…?” and the group will respond (everyone on social media is an expert on everything and you really don’t even […]
Ever try to tune a musical instrument? Take a guitar for example; there is a tuning peg for each of the six strings on a standard guitar — a half-turn of just one of those pegs in either direction and your jam sessions can go from perfect harmony to catastrophic cacophony. Every client meeting is […]
I’m a big fan of author Dan Pink’s videos series Pinkcast where he does a rapid fire presentation of ideas and concepts, or a super speedy interview with another bright mind and gives them a chance to share their theories and ideas (no matter how weird). The latest edition has Dan interviewing Olga Khazan, author […]
Everyday you add links to your chain. Not in the Jacob Marley’s Ghost kind of way where you are weighted down by your regrets and bad decisions — but in a more positive way where each time you practice a skill or take action on an idea or try something new, you’re actually forging a […]
I’m working on a project right now where I have to rely on approval from a government agency before the project can proceed. It’s one of those scenarios where everyone else in an industry can agree on a standard, other people working in that industry have been approved using the common sense standard, but the […]