Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Al Pittampalli of The Modern Meeting Standard. Track relay teams live and die by the baton handoff. They know not to look. Look for even a […]
Leadership
Be Prepared to Make Bad Decisions
I’ve been thinking a lot about planning, decision-making, and execution lately. Okay, I always think a lot about those topics, but I’ve been thinking about them even more than usual. You’ve no […]
How Are You Capping Your Business's Growth?
Regardless of whether we’re doing it intentionally or not, we all are capping our business’s growth at a certain point in our entrepreneurial journey. There are the usual suspects like under-charging and […]
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 […]
Why You Want to Give (and Receive) Brutally Honest Advice
Editor’s Note: This a joint blog post by Vlad Dolezal and Ali Luke. “Does my butt look big in this?” You rely on your friends for honest advice. Sometimes brutally honest. You might […]
Watch Your (Own) Lane
“Everyone knows the tactics by which I am victorious, but no one knows the strategy out of which victory is evolved.” – Sun Tzu “Watch your lane.” Spend a little time around […]
Complexity Changes During A Business’s Growth
As businesses move through different stages in their lifecycle, they gain and shed levels of complexity. While it’s true that more mature businesses generally carry greater levels of complexity, the kind of […]
Are You Modeling Your Message?
Today’s short video is about modeling your message in your life and business or career.
Expertise Trumps Experience
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Ali Luke from Aliventures. You won’t find a single blogger with twenty years’ experience. You’d struggle to find anyone with ten. The same goes […]
The Four Key Dimensions of Business
When we look at businesses holistically, there are four distinct dimensions that account for every decision and action. The four dimensions are: Strategy Operations Marketing Finances Though they’re distinct dimensions, they’re heavily […]
Check Out My First Inc. article
I’m happy and proud to share that my first article on Inc ran yesterday morning. It’s called The ABCs of Pricing and it hit the front page this morning. This was one […]
There’s More To Your Market Than Current Demand
There’s more to your market than current demand. To be competitive for the future, we have to project where our markets will be going, too.
Entrepreneurial Success Requires Stamina
Once you’ve done the mental work, there comes a point you have to throw yourself into action and put your heart on the line. – Phil Jackson People who aren’t runners assume […]
What Are Your High-Value Activities?
Efficiency is doing things right and effectiveness is doing the right things. – Peter Drucker Effectiveness trumps efficiency. The ideal case is when you’re doing the right things right, but if you […]
Get Up and Take Care of Your People
Editor’s note: I recorded this as a podcast long after I originally published this post. I hope you enjoy it, and if you’d like to hear more episodes of the Productive Flourishing podcast, you’ll […]
The 3 Goals of Any Business Activity
Editor’s note: I recorded this as a podcast for Productive Flourishing long after I originally published this post. I hope you enjoy it, and if you’d like to hear more episodes of the […]
How to Swim through a Sea of Social Troubles without Drowning
To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea […]
The 3Ps of Pricing: Positioning (Part 3)
Check out The 3Ps of Pricing: Perception (Part 1) and The 3Ps of Pricing: Placebo (Part 2). Thus far in the series, we’ve discussed the considerations of Perception and Placebo. As you may recall, Perception […]