A Short Guide For Personal Development — Growing up, many of us are given a script to follow. You will do this, then that, then this, and in the end, you will have what you were told you wanted. It’s all by design. Except that script is created by other people for you and you’re not those…

Using time wisely is personal leadership — Have you considered giving true value to your time? We place values on everything in our physical world. The value of a car, real estate, that baseball card collection. Each thing we interact with is given a valuation. Money is the biggest valuation there is. Yet, what about our time? …

Simple questions lead to results — Creativity is a funny thing. We laud those we think are super creative. All the artists, musicians, and writers. In business, creativity is ranked up there with other leadership qualities. To be creative is to be near heroic. Yet creativity is elusive. Our own creativity deceives us. Just when we…

Inspiration is truly all around us. — Yesterday, I experienced a moment of shared inspiration with my young daughter. It was one of those spontaneous moments brought to us live by nature. Our kitchen windows look out onto our front lawn. While my lawn is crying out for me to get mowing, the taller grass provides opportunities…

Simplicity is a wonderfully sounding word. The connotations of an easy, relaxed way of living are truly appealing. — Simplicity is a wonderfully sounding word. The connotations of an easy, relaxed way of living are truly appealing. But let’s be real, life isn’t always simple. Yet, we spend significant energy on trying to make our lives more simple. In a way, it’s counterintuitive. The harder we try to simplify…

Stuff. We have a ton of stuff. Each of us, most of us, owns more stuff than we actually need. — Stuff. We have a ton of stuff. Each of us, most of us, owns more stuff than we actually need. Each of us owns stuff that, upon reflection, we never really wanted. Admit it, we all buy things for the action of being able to buy something. …

Being an online entrepreneur takes more than a few clicks. — There’s an idea out in the world that believes it’s easy to make money online. And not just some money, but stupid money. Thousands and thousands of dollars per month. The how-tos for making money online are infinite. Do Fiverr, Etsy, ebooks. Make an online course, write on Medium. These…

Leaders should never shy away from the answers — As a leader, do you get questioned by employees as to why something needs to be done? Or why does it need to be done in a certain way? Or do you get questioned on various policies? A dramatic shift in organizational and business culture happened when employees started questioning…