It’s doing less of the stuff you shouldn’t do, so you can do the stuff you want to do.I turned 40 recently. My birthday ritual is to look at my favorite quote and see where I’m at. Happy to report that “butcher a hog” and "die gallantly" are all I ha...

It’s an appalling breakdown in communication. So let's talk about communication. Again. If you are a leader and tell someone on your team to do something that doesn't get done, it's probably your fault and one of three scenarios.Okay. First...

My wife asked me to move a half-buried boulder about 12 feet in our backyard. My best guess is that it weighs 800 pounds. I'm accustomed to having a fair amount of strength at my disposal, but 800 pounds pushes that limit. It became the quintess...

Lab RantI was at Lowe's yesterday and stumbled upon this company called Sasquatch that makes men's soaps and shampoos. The label on one body wash said, "Smells like productivity."So, of course, I had to smell it. It was eucalyptus, peppermint, a...

Lab RantWhen I hear somebody say, "I don't have enough time," or "there's just not enough time," or "I wish I had more time." I automatically think, "First, you have way too much time. And second, you're using it very poorly." Still here? Awesom...

Lab RantA lot of my clients have been asking me recently about giving virtual assistants access to certain things like bank statements and logins. Here’s a good workaround if you're not ready to share private information.So I get two checks ever...

I was checking out the metrics on my email list. As one does. It turns out that more than 50% of my list are considered "active subscribers" by SendFox's estimation. Did you know you happen to be one of those active folks? (yay, filters) So than...

Sometimes I can only tell a story the long way around. Here's a good example.In 1895, a man by the name of Georges Polti embarked on an analysis of all great works of literature that could be found at the time, Greek classics, Contemporary French wor...

 Who is your only one at work? Is it Jack who can solve any customer dilemma?Natalie who seems to pull metrics out of thin air? Every company boasts about this person, the only person that can do this one thing. We hold them in high regard becau...

 You know the old saying "practice makes perfect"? Who doesn't, right? Well, it's total BS. I think "Practice Makes Permanent" is probably the better way to put it. The problem with practice making permanent is that it goes both ways. ...