October 2017

It was 1999 and I was a Mechanical Engineering graduate from one of the top schools in the country. I didn’t get straight A’s, but my GPA wasn’t too bad. It was a great four years and I couldn’t wait to start the next leg of my life journey.   Six weeks later I walked […]

I’ve discovered an amazing place! Inside you will find the most terrific treasures you’ve ever seen. There are sights, sounds and people from all over the world.   Like the depths of the ocean, there is no beginning and no end. The more you explore, the more you find. Once inside you can unlock the

The world loves to shine a light on successful people. They could be an athlete, singer or business person. If they are a success story, you can bet our media will publish it.   The story you rarely see is a painful and boring one. It’s the story of the self discipline that made these

I used to think productivity was about doing more, in less time, so I could do more. I had it all wrong.   We live in a culture of more. We need to earn more, buy more, say more, do more or get more.   When I took my first job out of college, I

Most people I meet view simple home improvement as a complex riddle. For example, ask someone to change a light fixture and the usual response is something like this. “Oh, I could never do that, that involves electricity, and I wouldn’t know where to start.”   My response is a little different. “No problem, that

If you want to make a billion dollars, it’s a good idea to start with a job in sales.   I came across some research that looked at the top 100 billionaires in the world. 30 of these inherited their wealth and 17 started a business early on. That left 53 that worked for some

My earliest memory of writing was a report I did on the Berlin Wall. It required many trips to the library, hours of research and pages of notes. Once the prep work was done, I got down to the business of writing the paper. After hours of pain, I finished the assignment.    Looking back, I

There is a big downside to getting old. Your muscles and joints ache, you get tired sooner and you may even get some gray hairs. These things will all happen, but age changes something even more important, the imagination.   Using one muscle, we can sit back and imagine lands of fantasy or create products

The competition of life starts at an early age. One of the first arenas we enter is school, where the pressure to be “cool” feels overwhelming.   There is no scoreboard when it comes to popularity, only an unshakeable feeling of being in or out.   If you are on the inside, you protect that

If you want instant gratification, don’t plant a Chinese bamboo seed.   The process begins like any other seed, it needs good soil, sun and water. But after a year of nurturing this little seed you won’t get anything in return.   In year two, it requires the same care and attention. Water, sun and