Lately, I’ve been spending a good deal of time thinking about what makes the biggest difference between “A” players (successful people) and “B” players (generally less successful). I used to think it was knowledge or ability. However, I’m becoming more convinced that it’s simply one thing – execution. B players can’t get stuff done. They […]
If you’ve followed any of my professional work over at Analytive over the past few weeks, you’ve undoubtedly seen my recent posts showing how little value most businesses get out of social media. It’s also made me wonder – how much value do people get out of social media? Are we really building deeper relationships? Or […]
I used to think you couldn’t study leadership. I made fun of the people who were leadership majors. But I’ve changed my tune – a little. I’m still convinced you can’t study leadership. But you can study aspects of leadership. Things like: Communication Empathy Public speaking Writing Dreaming Vision casting Focus Motivation Encouragement And that’s […]
In order to be noticed, you have to be the best in the world. Let me rephrase that – you have to be the best in your world. That means, if you build websites, you have to figure out how to be the best that: Your customer knows Your customer can afford Your customer wants to […]
Half the battle in anything worth doing is just showing up. Show up day after day. Month after month. Decide to make a difference at all times. If it’s worth pursuing, keep showing up. Sure, change your strategy. Adjust your course. But if you want it to work, just keep showing up.
It’s OK to be wrong, but lazy thinking isn’t OK. In politics, in spirituality, in life, and in relationships, it’s easy to not process things intelligently. When we discuss ideas, we want to get to the root of those ideas. We need to understand how and why things work. We need to ask good questions. In […]
It’s easy to lose the main thing. When you are giving a talk, do you have a main thing you’d like to communicate? Does your business have a main goal? Do you have one big thing you want to accomplish each day? We miss the main thing because it’s hard to focus on the main thing. […]
Have you ever had a big dream (start a non-profit, run a business, change something in culture) and someone offers you some free advice like “you’re more likely to get hit by lightning than for [that thing] to happen”? Besides being annoying, there’s one problem with this idea. Yes, it’s fairly unlikely you’ll get hit […]
“Most people wouldn’t even be the lead character in a movie about their own lives.” If you let that quote sink in for a minute, it can be a little scary. If a famous Hollywood director came up and asked to make a movie about your life, what would it entail? Are there any battles […]
In our culture, saying “I don’t know” has a bad reputation. Admitting we’ll be making something up as we go along is a tough thing to do. It rubs against our pride. So we talk like we know what we’re doing. We pretend. We roleplay. And we always get through it. We don’t know how […]