Mindset

Sticky Note Your Way To Mastery

Step 1 - Take 10 sticky notes and write one of the ten most important things your company does on each individual note. Step 2 - Now stick each one...

Why Is “Doing Different” So Scary?

Different is scary for most people. That alien fish larvae looking mush that was just plopped on your plate is awfully unappealing. You've never had it.  And if all things...

Less Is More

Could you imagine a fruit stand that just sold bananas? Kinda lame, don't you think? Customers want variety. Where's the blueberries? The apples? The mangoes? Where's all the options? The...

What Do You Want?

Of all the questions I ask, the one that gets the most lies in response is “What do you want?” I found that very few entrepreneurs really know. The most...

Trusting Your Gut Can Be A Dangerous Move. Here’s Why…

For the record, I’m a big fan of trusting your gut.  There are more success stories than I can count that rely on entrepreneurs who trusted their instincts and profited...

Good Criticism vs Bad Criticism

I finished a speech last month and hustled to the back of the room to autograph books.  It is my mini-rockstar moment and I love it thoroughly.  Until I get...

Naysay The Naysayer

When the naysayer says, “What if it’s a flop?” Ask them, “What if it isn’t?" When the naysayer says, “What makes you think you can do it?” Ask them, “Why...

Twisting & Turning Ideas

If you want to get all the juice out of an orange, you first squeeze it. Then you twist it. Then turn it and twist it more.  If you are...

Unlimited Wealth from One Simple Method

Have you heard the old story of the Mexican Fisherman and the American Tourist? It goes a little something like this: Once upon a time, in a land far, far...

How To Be Positive About Something Negative

I am not sure if this applies to entrepreneurship as much as life itself, but here it goes.  I was at the gym yesterday, and the woman on the treadmill...

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