Our guest this week is Sam Carpenter. Author of Work the System: The simple Mechanics of Working Less and Making More.
Eight years ago, he was exhausted by his career and brutal, 80 hour workweeks. Barely making ends meet, the demands of his struggling small business left little time for family or […]
Archive for February, 2008
Paul over at Idea Sandbox wrote an absolutely wonderful article on paving your life’s roadmap. It hearkens back to similar concepts, ala David Allen’s Treasure Map etc. But this is perhaps the most detailed ‘one page’ I’ve seen yet.
I tend to learn from other people’s examples. This article provides a ton of juicy visuals […]
Quality in a service or product is not what you put into it. It is what the client or customer gets out of it.
-Peter Drucker
I wasn’t expecting much.
I don’t have a good track record when it comes to customer service encounters. But then, who does?
My iPhone recently developed a dead spot. It’d turn on […]
This is the tale of a hubris, addiction, and greed.
Ok. It’s really the story of how I let myself be a real dumbass.
In fairness to myself, I had budgeted $7,000 for marketing tests associated with this publication’s launch. This is common practice in the direct marketing field, in fact I’ve seen campaigns lose […]
It is remarkable to what lengths people will go to avoid thought
–Thomas Edison
Christine O’Kelly @ Self Made Chick wrote a wonderful essay: How I’m Holding Myself Back And How To Avoid Stagnation In Your Business.
It’s an inspiring read and I recommend checking it out.
One of the more salient points for me dealt with pushing […]
I was tooling around the internet and came across an excellent resource for anyone struggling to put together their business plan. Funding Universe has published a huge list of samples that will get you started.
I looked through a number of these and yeah…it’d be a huge temptation to swap out your name on […]
We cling to our bad feelings and beat ourselves with the past when what we should do is let go of it. Once you let go of guilt, then you go and change the world.
–James Carol
I’ve been reading a wonderful book, the The Now Habit by Neal Fiore. One of the recurring themes in […]
Our guest this week is Michael Bungay Stanier. Michael is the founder of Box of Crayons. He helps organizations, teams & individuals get ‘unstuck’ and get going on stuff that matters.
Michael is masterful facilitator and trainer, a certified coach and an experienced consultant. He is also the creator of Get Unstuck & […]
