Happiness – Your Competitive Advantage

Is Happiness Irresponsible?

Happiness is for kids (and for those irresponsible adults who eternally act like kids).  Responsible business and thought-leaders are serious and focused.  While happiness is a great idea for your “spare time,” it has no place amidst your impressive business pursuits.  And, besides, who would take a joyful …

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“Big Ideas Aren’t For Commoners…”

Big Ideas aren’t for commoners, right? Facebook.  The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  Pennies for Peace.  Apple. All Big Ideas.  So, big, in fact, that they seem like the kinds of things other people do, not the things us common-folk do.

Hmmmm… you know I’m not going to buy …

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The 1% Revolution

Today is March 8, 2011.  Imagine what would be different in your business – and your life – if you just made 1% improvement every day for the next 365 days?

Revolutions Start with One

Revolutions don’t start as revolutions, they start with one person …

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Move Your Ideas from Mediocre to Magnetic

“Measuring busy-ness is far easier than measuring business.”

In late 2010, Seth Godin posted a blog (Measuring Busy-ness) which stimulated an idea for me that might well prove to be the single smartest thing I do for my business this year.

VIID – Vision, Innovation, and Implementation Day. One …

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The Power of Choice

Breathing aside, everything in our lives is a choice*. I can already hear the clamor of dissenting opinions.  Read on and then we can debate.

* (Fair enough… there are obviously other automatically-regulated functions of the body that sustain life and fall into the …

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