A friend of mine keeps his eyes looking down on the sidewalk when he’s out for a stroll or at the grocery store or just walking through a parking lot at work or at a shopping center. He once found a $20 bill lying on the ground and snatched it up. Ever since that lucky […]
Aw, YEAH. That’s the stuff. When you collaborate with other people you get the benefit of multiple minds working toward the same goal. You benefit from multiple years of experience and different personal experiences all brought to bear to solve problems and put ideas into action. Collaboration is cool. Cool as ice, ice, baby! Collaborating […]
There isn’t always a straight line between knowing what you want to do and knowing how to get it done. Frequently there are roadblocks and hurdles and red-tape and 3-foot thick walls made from binders filled with company policies and procedures that prevent you from making things happen. Part of the process of figuring things […]
The meaning behind the phrase “every dog has its day” is intended to imply that every person regardless of their status has a period of power and influence. I think the same concept can be applied to the ideas we generate. Not all of your ideas might be applicable or realistic right now, but someday […]
Just the other day I was sharing the idea with you that a toothpaste company had come up with a better story about brushing your teeth. I fear that I made it sound a little too special, as if stories were to be saved for a special product. That’s incorrect — every project is a […]
An idiom I try to remember is that if you find yourself in a hole — stop digging. Holes in which you may find yourself range from being on the wrong side of an argument, taking a gamble and losing — but trying to win it back, going all-in on an idea and not admitting […]
Are you the dreamer or the doer? Sometimes people can be both, but if you ask them — they’ll have a preferred role. In the case of those Disney boys, Walt and Roy (you may have heard of them), Walt was the guy with the imagination and vision and Roy was the guy with the […]