Made a call to a business on the weekend. They are closed weekends. Always. Their message: "Due to circumstances beyond our control, our offices are closed. Please try again later." Really folks? Funny how people shy away from taking responsibility...
I think I make it pretty clear that I believe in living a vibrant life in the moment. I don't want to spend years miserable for some future promise. And yet, that doesn't mean I'm just in a happy status. I love the journey. And part of that means constantly asking "what's next?" What's our [...]
When Netflix was starting out, its founders were trying different things (features, packages, other selling tactics) constantly. Initially they started creating a new test every two weeks. Then they got quicker and started changing and testing every couple of days. The quicker tests were not as perfect. Sometimes links were broken, or there might be [...]
How do we shift out of "a mood". After things go wrong, or out of our control, simply as unplanned...how quickly do we recover? I think we all have different speeds within which we recover, but that we can learn to speed up the process. Is it talking to someone? Yelling into a pillow and [...]
I am often meeting with strangers. Before I meet with them for potentially two to three hours, I have a name and a lot of other information about them. It is amazing to me that I always come up with some idea in my head about what this person I'm about to meet with will [...]
What would you do if you had an extra day? An extra hour? Schedules often change. It's too cold for your kids' sports practice or your own hobby. A friend cancels a get-together. Something at work gets postponed. Are you fickle enough to fill it with something fun or productive? The extra time could be [...]
This is a question I have heard used in different contexts as we figure out how to do something we are working towards. I think it's a great one, as I think we often make things difficult for ourselves. I decided recently that I am going to start a podcast. Then I realized that I [...]
How do we decide that we need to protect our time and say no to something? If we say no all the time, then what are we left with? What if we want to participate as a volunteer, or to get more business - things that we want to say yes to. But if we [...]
Someone stopped by my office to deliver my new printer. I am upgrading from a standard home and small office printer to something that can handle the next level-up in volume. When I began researching this level of printer, I discovered that I could not get it quite so easily as a more standard model. [...]
Every once in awhile we have a bit of inspiration or motivation. Maybe internal, maybe from a random external source. We can ride it or let it pass. But I think they often arrive at just the right time that we are ready to make change in our own lives. Are you read for the [...]
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