Is It Better to Burn Out than Fade Away?
If Kurt Cobain was alive, he would be 53 today. Ironically, I happened to hear Neil Young- “My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)” earlier in the day on Spotify. Neil Young penned the lyrics to the song in the late seventies during a period where he was questioning his own legitimacy. As Young […]
How Being Vulnerable Can Expand Your World
I find that some of my friends and colleagues struggle with the concept of how being vulnerable can expand your world. You’ve probably seen or witnessed the same yourself, either at home or within the workplace or even in someone famous like Nicki Manaj, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Adam Levine, or Gwyneth Paltrow. There’s that one friend […]
The Power of Why: Why Knowing Your Why is Indispensable
It is easy in this world to concentrate on the day to day and forget about the power of why in our lives. Scanning the shelves at your local bookstore, it is all too easy to find titles that tell you to “focus on your ‘self’” and to “be you.” We are living in a […]
Life Lessons Learned from Running
For me, there’s nothing more liberating than going for a run. Somehow, the simple act of putting one foot in front of the other accompanied by nothing other than the sound of my shoes hitting the gravel path beneath me has the ability to free both my mind and soul. Once I’m deep into a […]
What Makes Successful Problem Solvers Unique?
No matter how far back we stretch the timeline of our past, I believe we will never find a single day in history where successful problem solvers haven’t been a part of moving evolution, individuals, and work forward. With the rise of the internet and it’s globally eye-opening effect, it’s more obvious than ever how […]
Mustering the Power to Do Something Different
Today’s business world has become extremely competitive, yet large and small businesses alike find it easy to stick with familiar ideas, procedures, and ways of doing business. Inertia kicks in. We follow unwritten rules or guidelines in our industry or sector because “that is the way that things have always been done.” And, that is why […]