I love that feeling at the start of a new project. The thrill of creating something original, starting with a clean whiteboard to create your plans and project assignment, using a fresh new folder or notebook to document the big ideas, and the excitement of the first team meeting — everything in possible. But then […]
The photo that accompanies this article is a football player diving in mid-air just before he crosses the goal line and gets the ball into the end zone for the winning touchdown… Or is it? The photo could just as easily be of a football player diving in mid-air just before he crashes to the […]
When you were a kid you would play with all the toys. You’d get every single item out of the toybox and spread them across the living room or yard and mix ’em all together to create one giant game set. G.I. Joe’s rode on the back of Hot Wheels cars like they were rocket-powered […]
Sometimes people who feel insecure, unsure, or less-than-confident about their position in a meeting, their job, their relationship, or a social situation have the tendency to do a little chest puffing in order to make themselves appear more confident than they really are. If you watch any nature documentaries on television (or have channel surfed […]
“It’s the least I could do” has sort of become the battle cry for paying back a favor to a friend. They did something awesome for you, so you try and do something awesome for them in return. They say thank you and you say… “Hey, man… It’s the least I could do.” I know […]
The two common problems I’ve witnessed when observing people pitching ideas or making sales proposals are as follows: they get stuck in a looping pattern of repeating themselves or they skip around so much there’s no single thread to hold their pitch together and it falls into disharmony. Whether you’re a person who is Stuck […]
When you’re sitting in your workspace and are surrounded by all sorts of office supplies, you can choose to write down your ideas on pretty much anything from a whiteboard to a desktop calendar to a pad of Post-its, but when you’re on the road and going mobile — you want to make certain you […]