Chase your passions friends. Today I had the chance to see the rewards of hard work from one of my mentees with the launch of their 2018 album, video, Spotify success, and now a few gigs. Just shows, good sense; execution; and the right strategy can apply across art and business. What are you waiting Continue Reading
Steps to prepare for your competition — coaching notes, 3 weeks out example
How do you prepare for an event? Whether it is a road race, whether you’re going to do a 5K or a 10K, or if you are competing in a CrossFit competition, or maybe you’re going to do an Ironman or any other events. I’m going to share, from a coaching perspective, the strategy and Continue Reading
How to price your product, a 2019 business strategy tactic for any business
If you are a massive enterprise or a scrappy start-up selling retail products, a service, or an amazing new digital offering – you STILL need to price correctly. There are fantastic books on this topic. You can read about it from pricing legends, you can listen to all the youtube / podcasts, you can listen Continue Reading
Negative Self Talk, how to conquer and be happy
How often have I found myself talking against my own capabilities. The negative self talk I experience appears in all manners of life. It arises when we are in these situations (if not more!): Relationships — does she really like me? Am I really doing enough? Anything athletic — am I good enough to play on their team, Am Continue Reading
How to live in the 98% of your life .. living in the present
How often do you find yourself hurrying about … pressing hard through meetings, pushing your team, and definitely yourself towards a goal. Do you feel anxious, stressed, and alone in this struggle to get to that magic goal? I do and I have exposed in my behavior a few raw spots. To be balanced though, you Continue Reading
Challenge your Cyber Strategy – connections vs resources
Rethink and fresh ideas are the best. I cherish discussions and insights that are shared/learned from other industries, history, and peers as we discover new truths. Truths mind you, that just became true or finally true, and others that were formerly true. An insight that I have seen from working in the cloud and immutable Continue Reading
If you just graduated or are starting your career, you must know this truth
You have only just begun… You have heard this your whole life and I know you are chomping at the bit (is that still an expression) to experience life on your own terms. To apply your work ethic to your dreams and apply your craft in a profession that you have been chasing for what Continue Reading
3 tips to success – passions, love, profession
I find myself challenged and frustrated by the lack of a path and stagnation. I took the school to Masfers route and that only gave me some success. I learned from mentors and personal experience that there are far better ways. No, you don’t need a mastermind or an expensive package (yes I have been Continue Reading
Support your vendors growth, and you’ll get their best
Currently I work with a huge scale of vendors across the globe for various products — industrial, pure cloud software, and everything in between. The growth that I can achieve from building a better solution for my customers with these vendors (partners if you will) far exceeds what I can do without them. As such, I and Continue Reading
Strategy on creating partnerships that bring value – product supply chain
Are you improving the value you deliver to your customers or not? That is the question I ask myself, my teams, the meetings I attend, and the events I host. In the end, it is what we give that makes the difference. How this lens applies to life is simple – it applies to everything Continue Reading