Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead The worst thing we can do is to forget that everyone is different. None of our clients come to us with our knowledge. They don’t know what we know. If they did, then they wouldn’t need us, would they? They’re hiring us because we know something that …

In every walk of life, there are people who take the easy way out. In politics, in sports, in business, and in personal relationships. Shortcuts are everywhere. When we take the easy way out, we’re giving in. We’re saying that we’re not good enough to compete on an even playing field, so we’re going to bend the rules a bit …

It’s always wonderful when things turn out exactly the way we expected. Get in, get out, done, finished, another job well done! But that’s hardly the norm, is it? Usually, we’re trying to figure out where it all went wrong. What did we do that landed us in our current situation: aggravated, frustrated, and tired? I know it sounds crazy, …

Whenever someone is about to take a picture of us (which seems to happen way too much nowadays), we almost always stop what we’re doing and pose. We’re trying to act a certain way, which is often intended to mimic our normal state. We unnaturally position ourselves so that we look as natural as possible. When we put it like …

We spend way too much time waiting for our endeavors to pay off. Just because we’ve decided to do something doesn’t mean that it’s automatically going to work. We can’t just simply wave a magic wand and start reaping the benefits. We’ve got to put in the work. Our world doesn’t simply give things to us. It only gives back.

We’re all constantly coming up with new ideas. We think that they’re good ones, but, really, how will we ever know? The problem is, that for most of us they remain just that: ideas. We keep them relegated to the safety of our imagination. We’re too afraid, too intimidated, or too overwhelmed to try them out. Without actually putting our …

Do we really love what we do for a living? If we do, then we transform from just being a person with a job into something akin to being an artist. We get to create something beautiful every day of our career. What if we don’t love what we do? Then we’re not creating; we’re just working. We’re simply earning …

We’ve got more time-saving tips, tricks, and hacks available than ever before. A minute here, an hour there; we’re saving more time now than at any point in history! With all this extra time we’re saving, it seems like we’d be rolling in it, with enough extra hours in the day to check off all those wish list items we’ve …

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 …