Bigger
To succeed more, trust that you are bigger than each challenge you face. In your corner, Mike PS: And, guess what? You are. …
The Long Game
Driving a bargain, cutting a corner, or forcing a result are ways of playing the short game. We gain but it doesn’t last because someone …
Nothing Is As Powerful As…
They say that nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come. Actually, there is one thing more powerful: a person who has committed …
Our Best Start
In an interview, in a sale, when working with colleagues, or when leading others, we best start by understanding what our counterparts need, want, and desire. Then …
Paint a Picture
Worry (or, more mildly, concern) binds us. It keeps us overly focused on avoiding what could go wrong. This limits the time and energy we need to …
The Thing About Growth
This is the thing about growth: our businesses cannot reach beyond our ability to run them. Any lack of business growth is a good sign that we …
How to Communicate Through A Very Narrow Pipe
Language is a very narrow pipe. Depending on the mindset of our listener, what we say can come across a little or a lot differently …
The General
The General is our internalized voice of external authority that tells us what to do. It “shoulds” all over us with edicts like, “You should …
Present Present
Presence is simply staying focused on what’s happening now instead of worrying about the future, regretting the past, defending ourselves (“Here’s why I am justified…”), …
Semper ad Meliora
If we find ourselves scattered, drained, overwhelmed, or bored, we rather likely have lost track of our mission. Defaulting instead to what we think others expect …