Leadership

Stand Up

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. — Thomas J. Watson, Jr What initially separates the leaders, changemakers, and heroes from everyone else [...]

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How to Deal With Copycats and Idea Thieves

One of our Lift Off alums recently asked how to deal with copycats and idea thieves. She’s been rocking it, getting great press, and things are taking off for her – and, as it always happens, copycats and idea thieves have started showing up and taking her work and phrases as their own. One of [...]

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The Deeper Level of My Mission

I haven’t been completely transparent with you about what I’m up to – thus far, you’ve only seen pieces of what I’ve been working on all these years. Even my last attempt at this in “What I’m Here to Do” muted the deeper level of my journey. The other day, Pam and I were talking [...]

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Getting Fun, Profit, and Impact to Converge in Your Business

These three overlapping circles aren’t the only themes to cover when it comes to the art of business, but they provide a great frame when we’re looking at the human side of our businesses. Profit is usually the first – and, unfortunately, only – objective that many people focus on when building businesses. It’s an [...]

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Build Something You’re Proud Of

[If you're reading this via email or RSS, you may need to click through to watch the video.] Watching what everyone else is doing keeps you reacting to what you think is going on rather than what’s important – building something you’re proud of. I hope this video gives you the about face you need [...]

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My Second Run At Being A Captain

I found myself missing being in the Army last week. When Angela found out about it, she didn’t find herself missing us being in the Army, so a constructive and transformative conversation followed. To explain what I was missing, though, I’ll have to give you some background. My last two positions in the Army were [...]

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Bewildered And Exploring

I just read Sarah Robinson’s Bewildered and wanted to pick up the conversation here, as well. Here’s a bit of her post for context: Here’s what I see: There are a number of so-called leaders in the internet and social media space who seem to stick with what I can only call a “clique”. They [...]

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Stop Before You Have To

I watched Scott Stratten’s TEDx talk this morning and I hope you stop for 15 minutes to do so, as well. If you pay attention to what those around you are dealing with, you’ll learn a lot. It’s about more than paying attention, though – you also have to take seriously the fact that if [...]

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We Build The Web

We build the web. That’s what the people who create, share, and curate the web live by that others don’t. It’s not something “out there” that you Google. It’s not a passive repository of information that you access when you want to know something. It’s the product of the collective effort of many (formerly) unrelated [...]

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