How do you expect to finish if you never start?
As a college athlete, I won a conference championship & was voted captain. Then, I helped build a multi-million dollar furniture company. Then, I chased a lifelong dream by writing & publishing a book (Believe EG21) about the incredible true story of the '05 CSU football team. I love to learn, teach, & question the status quo.
We have all met extreme people in our time. Each individual brings their own extreme to the table in a different area, and for good reason. When someone is extreme in their convictions they are typically far away from our stance on the same subject, but they have a true passion for what they believe in. This can refer to… Continue reading Extreme View
Expansion is a intense path to trek. Many companies talk today about ‘scaling’ (which is just a fancy term for ‘growing’) their businesses. And in this scaling process said businesses aim to replicate their exact models in different cities or locations. Some examples would be expanding restaurant chains, online businesses focused on the hyper-local (original idea for Epic Day), and… Continue reading Copy of a Copy
When many of us come into new work environments we are faced with a fork in the road: Do we attempt to fit into the role we’ve just been hired for or do be ourselves. It is unfortunate that we are hired and fired this way, placing our ‘square’ personalities into round ‘holes’ of job descriptions, but that is the… Continue reading Be Ourselves
Group-think can be great. However, it has many downfalls and can mislead many organizations if it’s not balanced out, here are some collaboration comments. Everyone wants to come out and say that teamwork is best, or two heads are better than one, or collaboration is king… I have heard more group-work terms than I care to spout, but more often… Continue reading Group-Think
In my former life in the furniture industry, I had a saying that I frequently used when training sales people: “This business is simple, not easy.” I would often get confused looks in return so I began to explain in more detail as soon as I would spout it off, attempting to motivate new sales people in my class prior… Continue reading Simple, not easy
Sometimes the most important thing a leader can do is follow. I write a lot about leadership and what it means to be a great leader, but some of the most pivotal moments that define us require that we take a back seat to someone else and learn to follow. There are often times when we simply do not have… Continue reading Learn to follow
The easiest thing we can do is scrutinize someone’s work: hindsight is always twenty-twenty. After someone has shipped their product/masterpiece/idea we too often come behind them and tell them what they did wrong. Yes it is difficult to have foresight and see what issues may arise and what imperfections are visible, however it is even harder to ship. Too often… Continue reading Twenty-twenty
Just as I write each day, I read as well. I feel it is imperative to continue to challenge my mind by exploring new topics and articulating my findings as they relate to the business world. I feel inspired by the most recent book I just finished- The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the future of work by Scott Berkun.… Continue reading The Year Without Pants