Remember?  You started that new job.  You were full of

enthusiasm.  Your curiosity was insatiable.  And, your drive led you to overcome seemingly incredible hurdles.  At the same time, you likely had periods of uncertainty, risk was everywhere, yet the exhilaration was almost like a narcotic.

Now, the clock has rolled forward a few years.  Your curiosity has waned. 

You know where all the road’s bumps are, so hurdles aren’t quite so high any…

You’ve probably heard some variation of Woody Allen’s quote, “80 percent of success is just showing up.”  It means you had to do something many others won’t.

• Seth Godin: In, “Linchpin,” he repeatedly reminds everyone to ship! If you want to be…

It's just that simple. Either you do. Or you do not. And, there are countless ways to put lipstick on the topic. There are entire books written about execution, shipping something, or the like.

But it just comes down to did you? Did you not? And, Why?

Parallel to discussions of making things happen, you find discussions of failure. No one wants to…

“Enchantment”

by: Guy Kawasaki

ISBN: 978-1-59184-379-5

Every once in a while, there comes a book you’re sorry to see come to an end. It’s not to say other books you’ve read were not tremendously enjoyable…just that they often come to an end about the time you’re ready for them to.  With Enchantment, I really…

Around the nation, gasoline prices at the pump are again climbing—and at a pretty good clip, too.  So it’s not uncommon to hear people begin to wonder again, How high will it go?

From my perspective, there is a silver lining to higher fuel prices.  As transportation costs go up (bad for our truckers), the harder it is to continue off-shoring manufacturing labor.  I remember in 2008 seeing ABC News reports of furniture…