• Banana Republic – Remember Why You Started

    1 Thought: Inspired by Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic. Remember Why You Started The Banana Republic Story and the Real Target of Your Work Every founder begins with a reason. Not a business plan.Not a growth projection.Not a spreadsheet. A reason. Sometimes it’s freedom. Sometimes it’s creativity. Sometimes it’s survival. But the…


  • Tomorrow: The Busiest Day of the Week!

    1 Thought: Nobody isn’t guilty of putting things off; nobody. It’s human nature to seek joy and happiness and all that stuff. Don’t beat yourself up for being just another victim of procrastination, procrastination is an illness. Good news! There is a cure. Short lists might just be the cure. Every day should start with…


  • Get Out of the Pot!

    1 Thought: This was not the planned blog post; I have 2-3 others that are ready to post but this kind of just came to me so here you go. i was part of a a 20 Group this week and got back into Florida the other night and had a meeting just this morning…


  • Do You Feel Lucky?

    1 THOUGHT: Zappos, the online shoe retailer’s late founder Tony Hsieh, had an interesting hiring process I learned about prior to his selling to Amazon for $1.2 Billion in 2009. One of the interview questions used for all potential new hires was “Do you feel you are lucky?”. Odd question, and not one I can…