Ideas and research on living a great life and having a huge impact
To achieve great, we must focus on the concepts and strategy above all else. Tactics, the execution day to day, matter but not without a firm grasp on the first. Strategy steers the ultimate possibilities of your venture In order to achieve greatness in our personal and professional life we must consider the arc of our Continue Reading
What if we have wealth and poverty defined wrong — what if it has nothing to do with money and ease of life? One concept that was challenged for me on the trip to Rwanda, was poverty. As it is defined; how I measure it; and what it really means for a person or society. You see, Continue Reading
You had one when you began your career. Straight out of college everyone has these plans — and expectations on where they will be, here is a few I hear often: Be married Own a house (really) Selling my start-up Promoted early as a ______ for [most reputable company in the world] Why MOST life Continue Reading
All right, because we’re going to get this a shot. A stand; an edgy and counter culture position to break free from the societal and human-mind trap that is rampant. What is this all about? Well, I have about had it with indecision and stress and hesitation and all these things. I see them in Continue Reading
There is something very pointed about this question. The demand to know what you truly want removes all the outside voices and puts you / me in the front and center. Yet it stings and is often avoided, dodged, and ignored by any who hear the question. It is so, because it puts down the Continue Reading
One of the biggest questions I have struggled with personally is around what I share with the world, what I do, and knowing what is the best investment of my time. In fact, as I have worked in launching companies these past 15 years and helping others grow through online digital content, it appears to Continue Reading
Is it your idea or the highway? I hope not, because soon you’ll be walking the highway by yourself — alone and ineffectual I find myself in deep and passionate discussions fairly often. I prefer these in fact to the blasé discussions about weather and non-impactful topics. Personally I think we all prefer to have real conversations Continue Reading
You hear it all the time — I am busy; I am working hard…. and yet, these people (ourselves definitely in some moments), find themselves in the same spot. They are not achieving the creative success — making and releasing the art they love. We are not achieving the financial success, or simple project success of our charity and Continue Reading
How often do you find yourself writing down a goal only to feel like you aren’t making progress, or worse see if fade away as life continues on its merry way. Personally I used to struggle with this and created routines that have helped me go from forgetting my goals, to seeing them achieved. How Continue Reading
Often I hear, I want to be just like my Dad or Mom. These role models you were raised around gave constant feedback and demonstrations of someone successful. Well, successful by the simple definition of they were still around and able to bring another human into the world. Others see how their parents raised them, Continue Reading