When toddlers want to do something they don’t worry about what someone else thinks, or whether the outcome is worthwhile, or whether it even makes sense. Something tickles their curiosity and they do it.  Something looks fun and they do it. Follow the rabbit where it goes.  See what happens.

If you’re doing all the right things with your business, then it’s going to grow.  And if it grows, things will break.  To make things even more fun, sometimes everything breaks at once. Eventually it’s necessary to stop what you’re doing, scrap an old system or systems, and rebuild or redesign them for the new … Continue reading When Your Business Breaks →

Let’s talk about disappointment.  Not the kind you experience when you’re late to the movie theater and find you’re going to be stuck in the very front row feeling like an open PEZ dispenser. The other kind. The kind of disappointment that is so crushing that it forces you to reevaluate everything you think you know about … Continue reading The Agony of Defeat →

In the vacuum of our solitary lives, when faced with an extremely difficult or scary task we usually quit partway through or don’t even bother starting. Diets are abandoned.  Gym memberships go unused.  Projects languish. The dropout rate for online classes is around 96%.  That’s not a typo.  Only 4% of people who start an online course from … Continue reading The Right Kind of Pressure →

I used to sleep in a room with a skylight.  The natural light was wonderful and it was always nice to have a view of the sky, but being unable to keep the room dark for sleeping was a bit of a drag. The quality of my sleep was just a bit better in hotel rooms, which … Continue reading Blackout →

The gap between you and The People Who Do Amazing Things may not be as wide as you think. Sure, there are people out there that are way smarter, fitter, richer, etc than the rest of us.  But they are a tiny minority.  And many of them accomplish nothing. For the vast majority of people that accomplish … Continue reading How to Do Amazing Things →

Where does confidence come from? You know, that annoying-as-hell guy or girl that seems to be able to walk into any situation with swagger, with a “Hey, I got this” attitude, brimming with self-assurance. You might think for a bit and exclaim, “I know!  The more competent you are, the more confident you are!” And … Continue reading The Confidence Game →