Why selecting a niche is so dang hard and what you really need to do
A friend recently asked, “When you were starting did you have any difficulty pinpointing your niche?” Here’s how I answered: Selecting a niche is difficult. …
Mindset
An open, calm, confident mindset. Plugged in, mostly. Opting for feel good, then act instead of get into action to shut down bad feelings.
Feel good even when you don’t
Remember this: feel good then act. When you are in a low energy, bad feeling state, the conclusions you make (especially about yourself) are guaranteed …
Believe anything
Here’s a thought that can really help when you want results in business and life that have been thus far elusive: You have the absolutely …
Take good care of your ego
Many good teachers, friends, and colleagues make the mistake of attacking the ego. They see it as a low, bad part of each of us. …
The Universal Productivity Trap
Take a moment. Notice the big pile of tasks you have to do. Go ahead, take a look. I’ll wait. What happened? Look closely because …
The Long View
“When you’re going through hell, keep going.” -Winston Churchill That Which Was is big. That Which Was is no longer acceptable. That Which Is Coming …
What am I?
Good architects use me. Good software designers use me. Good economists use me. You probably do, too I help you get a handle on complexity …
Optimism is Dead, Long Live Optimism!
“Positive thinking,” “affirmations,” and “optimism” have developed bad names for themselves. As we commonly understand them, these approaches aren’t very useful and can be downright …
How are you feeling?
“How are you doing?” “How are you feeling?” “How’s it going?” Though these questions are part of our common greetings to each other, they are also …
Reality, in three acts
Grasp Want to become really, really effective and satisfied? Good. Then you really, really need to get a grasp on reality. Reality…as in “the universe …