Last week Geoff Reiner wrote a post titled “Your Passion Mantra.” Aside from this post being well written and intriguing, it really sparked my thinking. It sparked my thinking so far that it inspired me to have a discussion with my 11 year old daughter, Makaela. I started asking my daughter questions about her life,…

Do you ever reflect on your life? Are You Good Enough? It wasn’t long ago that I was reading a great blog post from a fellow colleague about vulnerability. It went deep into how powerful negative beliefs can be, and why so many of us allow ourselves to get sucked into this emotional dark cloud…

Are you a fan of reading? If so, what types of books do you enjoy? For the last few years I have been obsessed with business books (I have read A LOT of them), but as much as it bugs me to say, they’re all starting to sound the same. They outline a lot of the…

(A Guest post by Tim Glover of JumpPoint, a business consultancy that  help clients learn how to uniquely adapt their strengths and opportunities to achieve Sustained Innovative Advantage.) Most of us have become fair–‐‑weather business navigators and we don’t even know it. If you are waiting for fair–‐‑weather to return – you are in for a very…

When you experience something special, it tends to stick with you. The memory of that particular experience is something you tend to carry in your back pocket, and pull out to compare to everything related. I remember walking down to the lakefront on on recent holiday and I spotted this little shop that had this…

As  business owners, it’s important to understand how we can build, grow and improve our businesses. Understanding it is one thing – doing it is what matters. Here are 5 tips to help you stay on track to building your business. 1. Marketing There are many ways you can market your business, and that can…

I have some great posts (honest!!) coming your way in the next couple days, but until that happens, this should tie you over I was going to write about Google+, but everyone and their Mother already has. I was going to write about Facebook and Skype, but everyone and their Sister already has. So… I…

Craig Silva aka Big Daddy Kreativ, has my vote for Follow Friday (if you’re not sure what #FollowFriday is, here you go). When writing this post it was hard for me to make the decision between writing about Craig’s awesome work and extensive experience, or about what a great person Craig is. And I dont…