This is NOT the new normal. NOR SHOULD WE EVER ACCEPT IT as such.

When have human beings ever succumbed to their FEARS when faced with threats that, at the time, were considered "existential?" When have we ever decided to give up WITHOUT A… Continue Reading

We are in the middle chapters of our continuing crisis. Pundits and prognosticators are suggesting that our lives will never be the same, that we will be changed, altered by the events of our time, as were our parents, grandparents, and our…

There is an ongoing conversation on the social channels as to whether one should continue selling through a crisis. Some suggest selling during times like this is to be tone-deaf, that it ignores the nature of our global emergency. Like most…

In severe and challenging times, your fear can cause you to feel that you are going to lose the things that are most important to you. The internet meme that the word fear means "false evidence appearing real," is a nice thought, but in our…

Imagine a story that follows this path. Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Boy marries girl. Or how about this story. Girl goes into the wild. Nothing happens. She goes home.

Our stories follow a particular, easily recognized pattern.…

Earlier this week, I published a post on What to Do When the World is on Fire, followed by a video on YouTube, titled "When Everything is On Fire. As much as I want to recount the points I tried to make about dealing with a crisis, I want to share…

At the time of this writing, there is a coronavirus of pandemic proportions spreading across the world. This virus is infecting many and taking the lives of some, especially the vulnerable. The stock market has been in free fall, and when it…

What follows is a riff on Dave Brock’s recent posts on failing and succeeding.

If you are innovating, it may make sense to fail often. But if your job is to win big deals, or something like that, there isn’t an upside to failing often. You are…

The primary variable to creating consistent results over time is your ability (and your willingness) to consistently do the work necessary to produce the results you seek. Constant effort produces consistent results, while inconsistent effort…

Welcome to 2020, the beginning of a new decade. I have started this year (and decade) with a rather persistent cold, but one that has not been unable to prevent me from doing my work and spending time with my family while we are mostly all home.…