Limiting Beliefs Limit Our Success

Limitation Nation Before Steven Spielberg was Steven Spielberg he was just Steven; a boy born in Cincinnati to an electrical engineer dad and a concert pianist mom. Because of Steven’s dad, they moved around a lot. After Ohio, there was New Jersey. Then Arizona. Finally, Northern California. All these new environments showed up in Steven’s […]

How Do You Eat An Elephant?

You know that adage, “How do you eat an elephant?” Do you have time to eat an elephant one bite at a time? I don’t think anyone has ever had enough energy or patience for this task on their own! You’ve got to take your time and bite-by-bite chew up this big old beast before […]

Rethink. Reimagine. Reinvent. Reneergize.

Believe in RE Some would say I’m in the courage business. Others might suggest the change business. While many still think I’m in the creative business. I have a different take on my end all product; I am smack in the thick of the RE business. There’s nothing more liberating than nailing your RE. What […]

SEE-Membering: People Remember What They See

I have a confession to make. I was back on the road, doing what I do, this week. And boy, it sure felt sweet to be in front of a live and lively audience. Throughout the course of my keynote, I sported 6-8 Courage bracelets. When people spoke up—which can be hard in front of […]

Mirrors are Mirrored

If you make someone feel special, they’ll make someone feel special. When someone doesn’t care about you, you rarely care about them. If you make people feel heard, they’ll make people feel heard. When you give off good energy, they’ll give off good energy. If you can’t let go of a POV, they won’t let […]

Why Your Why Is Not Enough

Your business is your culture. Your culture is your business. Can’t convince yourself that they are one and the same? Think it’s time to stop reading because this is just another quip about the importance of culture? Force yourself to read on. Frankly, we need new words for “corporate culture” because leaders who are losing […]

This is Marketing

Sesame Street is trying to sell to you. Patagonia is trying to sell to you. Hallmark is trying to sell to you. Disney is trying to sell to you. I am trying to sell to you. This is not a bad thing. Marketing is not a four letter word. How else are brands (like mine) […]

Un-Cliché

Clichés. They get a bad wrap. We turn to them as our lazy “go-to’s” when it’s time to hammer home our point. In the spirit of setting yourself up for success in the year to come, below are six twists on cliché’s—let’s call them “un-clichés”—to ponder as you work through your 2022 (“New Year’s Revolutions”) […]

Want To Be Great? Great.

One of the greatest concerts in the world is Arcade Fire. What makes them great? All of them don’t just sing; each rotates for the duration of their show playing every instrument. The greatest basketball player of all time is Michael Jordan. What makes him great? He wasn’t just a prolific scorer. Rather, a fierce […]

Happiness is Planned

I founded my first creative agency when I was 29. The year was 2004. We were 4 people out of a house. The first five years, all four of us worked 6.5 days a week. My motivating drivers were fear, freedom and stubbornness. I didn’t just pick up the phone and have SOWs signed by […]