I’ll SEE YOU AT THE TOP

At 4am on Saturday I decided to slip out of the house without waking anyone up to catch the sunrise at the highest peak on the coast… I was able to climb to the eventual peak, marked by the US Coast and Geodetic Survey marker placed up at the top of the mountain in 1926.  As I made my way back down I thought of the lessons learned.

IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A SHIP…

“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LETTERS “W” and “E”

At times it’s funny what a difference one letter can make.
The difference between: Dead and Read, Die and Dye, Food and Wood.

MUSK, BEZOS, & BRANSON: ONE COMMON THREAD

Starting any business, building any team, creating anything new in any industry or marketplace will take incredibly hard work.

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE

If you choose the black door on the left, go to page 97.
If you choose the green door on the right, go to page 53.

YOUR LIFE: RENT vs SALE

There is a point in every person’s life when renting makes more sense than owning. Seems a strange statement from someone who has built all of their businesses around the mission of delivering the dream of home ownership…

I PINKY PROMISE YOU…

All of us at one time or another probably found ourselves out on the playground at recess making a promise to a friend by locking pinkies…

DID ANYONE ASK FOR MY OPINION?

Does everyone’s opinion matter equally?  No.  Perhaps better said, not everyone’s opinion matters equally on every topic.  

_{Image Credit: https://www.freepnglogos.com/pics/hd-wikipedia-logo Wikipedia Logo from freepnglogos.com}

FIND YOUR HIVE

Who wants to be an apiculturist? Ok, I didn’t know what that was either. Let’s start over. Who wants to be a beekeeper?

THE PROBLEM WITH TOP 10 LISTS

Acknowledgment is important. Rewards are needed. Even trophies at times deserved… But there is a growing problem with these “Best Of” lists, and it has nothing to do with humility…

A LITTLE LESS FRICTION, A LITTLE MORE FLOW

Nope, not an Elvis song from 60’s… But everybody would welcome a little more flow into their world.

ONE THING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO BE THE BEST AT ANYTHING

When we think of the best, perhaps we think of world class athletes or incredible teams. Maybe we think of word changing companies, or iconic entrepreneurs.

HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES?

I was recently asked what my biggest challenge has been in growing a business over the past two decades. Many began to run through my mind.  But as I really thought about what the most difficult challenge has been, it came down to that word, disappointment.

THE TRUTH ABOUT DOGECOIN

We all know that person that needs to control everything. They control all the team decisions made at work. They control what restaurant the group eats at for lunch. They control the radio station playing in the car. They control what Netflix movie the family watches at night.

We affectionately call them a “control freak”. And as we read that description and think of that person, perhaps we find ourselves staring squarely in the mirror.

THE STRATEGY OF HOPE

I often hear people start a sentence with those two words. They hope things work out. They hope to hit certain sales targets. They hope to get something done. They hope they reach specific life goals.

“Hey Grant and Gary, Please Stop.”

Is anyone else tired of the choose hard, keep grinding, and 10X message that surrounds us?… If you aren’t tired of the message then I’m certain you are exhausted by trying to live up to it and into it.

YOU vs YOU

It seems that today there is always something or someone to compare ourselves to. We are constantly competing. We turn everything into a competition or a game of comparison. Some of us are masters at this.

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER?

…Growing anything takes cultivation. Whether it’s growing plants or growing our skill set, our careers, our wealth, our emotional intelligence, or even our minds.

HEY SIMON: START WITH BECAUSE

I decided that instead of starting with the question why today, I would start with the answer because.

DON’T BE A STATISTIC

… anything worth anything requires hard work. A successful business. An amazing relationship.  Learning a new skill. A healthy body. Even training a puppy.