Personal Life

Be Unique. Be Interesting.

Not a single unique person has universal appeal. Not a single interesting person is universally liked. Yet the people with the courage to be truly unique are the most interesting....

You’re Not An Entrepreneur

If you work your ass to the bone, you're not an entrepreneur. You own a business that enslaves you. If you're constantly attracting different types of clients, you're not an...

“Will & Won’t” Beat “Can & Can’t”

My friend blurted out “I can’t take it anymore.” Really? You can’t or or you won’t? Stop saying you can (or can’t) do something. It only speaks to your perceived...

What Are You Passionate About?

When you have passion for something it will get you over every brick wall, help you weather every storm, and even when you’ve been knocked down for the hundredth time,...

How To Bounce Your Business Back From A PR Disaster (Tiger Woods Style)

Who will ever forget the Thanksgiving of 2009? We awoke on Friday morning from our turkey induced slumber to find out that Tiger Woods’ wife beat him up overnight. Tiger...

The Teacher Is The Best Student

It is one of my favorite personal ah-ha moments: My friend, JB Blanchard, and I were hastily walking to a speaking event I had on a college campus. We were...

Breaking Rules

As I write this, I just finished hosting the 2015 Rule Breaker Awards. Amazing entrepreneur after amazing entrepreneur was recognized for breaking the rules. Then it hit me like a...

The Shoulder

I am working on my next book as I write this. One of the privileges of being an author is you get to speak with extraordinary people from all walks...

What Do You Stand For?

What do you stand for? What is your purpose? How is your company a platform for your purpose? So, tell me. What do you stand for? Got it? Good. Now...