Many of the items we buy nowadays (and a lot of the things we are selling) are bigger. To quote Billy Idol (and his guitarist Steve Stevens, who cowrote the song Rebel Yell): “More, more, more!” But more isn’t always better. In fact, most companies give us more simply because they’re trying to mask the fact that their products aren’t …

Some people are blessed with a quick wit: the ability to come up with the right thing to say at exactly the precise moment when it’s impact is the most advantageous. Most of us, though, don’t share that same blessing. We can come up with the right phrase, the funny joke, the appropriate comment, but all too often we’re a …

If we’re doing anything productive with our life, we’re going to have to deal with problems and criticism. It’s just part of the deal. But too often, we let these transient issues take over our life. We pout. We sulk. We get angry. We dwell on them for far too long. In his book “Do The Work”, author Steven Pressfield …

No one wants you to be authentic; they want you to be consistent. Seth Godin Almost every one of us are doing a job that’s similar to the one of someone else. There are very few people in the world that are doing something truly unique. We’re all replicating the work of those that have gone before us, which means …

Looking back on this year, I can see that I’m a professional who’s been blessed to have learned a lot about what I do for a living. I’m also fortunate enough to understand that there’s still a great deal of information that I’ve yet to master. Looking toward next year, I don’t see much changing on that front. Always keep …

Almost every one of us works for a living. We do what we do to put food on our tables, keep a roof over our heads, and support our families. We work because it’s what we do. We selected our chosen profession because it provides us with value: we end up with more money coming in from our enterprise than …

When it comes to doing our job, we all possess a certain level of skill. The longer we’re in our careers, the more we get to practice what it is we do and the better we get at our chosen profession. When we first start out, it’s quite likely that we’re not very good at our job. But, as time …

When we start to build it, the odds, undoubtedly, are stacked against us. It’s quite unlikely that we’ll be hitting a homerun. We won’t dominate the market. We won’t crush our competition. We won’t be the ones to break the internet. The odds are we’re going to get rejected, and when we do, we have two choices. We can whine, …

For good or for bad, things are always happening to us. When stuff happens, it’s then that we’re faced with a decision. We have a choice to make. We can choose to act or not to act. The choice is ours. The problem is that when we choose to act, we find ourselves on the hook for whatever happens next. …

We’ve accumulated a lot of knowledge over the years, especially when it comes to what we do for a living. Truth be told, we know a lot of stuff. The temptation that comes along with that much knowledge is to overshare. Our brain feels like it’s overflowing with wisdom, and we feel compelled to bless our clients with our wonderous …