success Archive
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Where Did You Get Your Business Degree, McDonald’s? – Part I
That McBusiness Degree may be worth more than you think.Posted on November 3, 2011 | No CommentsThe story of Ray Kroc and the decades long arc of the Golden Arches epic is often shared as a model for success. But one story often gets overlooked, and there's another no-one wants to tell. -
A Job Well Begun
Is a job half-emailed to your co-conspiratorsPosted on November 2, 2011 | No CommentsI've been working on aspects of advanced swordsmanship with two of the most extraordinary swordsmen in the world, and we've been bashing our heads in (so to speak) trying to figure out how to write about what we do. -
What do you expect?
Expect nothing, get ....Posted on October 31, 2011 | No CommentsIf you work with low expectations when the challenge is great, it may help you get through the tough work of doing one incremental task at a time without stressing about achieving the greater goal right away. -
Task Management
What works for you?Posted on October 28, 2011 | No CommentsWhat used to work was just to dig in, start working, and do whatever came to mind. When I was running a single business, that actually worked pretty well, as long as I had enough caffeine in my system! -
Greed Really IS Good
and it's not just Gordon Gecko who said soPosted on October 27, 2011 | No CommentsMastery is not only a means of accomplishing the things of the world, but it is that by which a person fulfills the purpose of his life. It is not necessary for man to leave all the things of the world and go into retreat. He can attend to his business, to his profession, to his duties in life and yet at the same time develop this spirit in himself which is the spirit of mastery. -
Personal Development … Enjoy the fall!
The road to success isn't always up hill.Posted on October 25, 2011 | No CommentsSo when my golf swing felt so great as a result of paying attention to one seemingly minor aspect, I knew the following days weren't going to be as exhilarating. -
Got A Business? Start A Band. Got A Band? Start A Business
How having meetings can be more fun than being in a band.Posted on October 20, 2011 | No CommentsRecently Nick and I asked ourselves “How come our meetings are so dang productive?” We often accomplish more in a thirty minute meeting than we do with other people in... -
Happiness
You can't buy it for a million bucks!Posted on October 19, 2011 | No CommentsAbout 3 years ago, after reading perhaps the 100th self-help guide telling me I should simply "decide to be happy," I decided to put aside my lifetime of cynicism and simply give it a try. -
Flow Toward Mastery
Get yourself engaged, slightly off balance, and completely focused on the momentPosted on October 13, 2011 | 1 CommentFor the same reason that flow is so enjoyable – the fact that it’s all-encompassing – it is also an extraordinary state for learning. -
In the Land of Business, are you a Settler or an Explorer?
You may not want to start on that fort until you know if you're gonna stay!Posted on September 12, 2011 | No CommentsSettling when you're an explorer could be a big mistake. Embrace your inner explorer and discover the exciting new horizons beyond the next mountain range!