You’re not stupid, you’re just foolish.  And I mean you in the royal sense.  What do Robinson Crusoe and Walter Burns have in common?  They both had their work done by Friday.  If what you’re after is quality, there are no shortcuts.  End of the day, it’s on you to put up or shut up, […]

Benign Planets How’s your orbit? Do you feel like you’re on a sustainable trajectory? Every day, we move. We may feel forced down a path.  Or we may be sprinting in a singular direction. But, one way or another, we are on the go.  Boredom is not a natural state.  It is a contagious excuse. 

There are a lot of titles out there.Buzzy. Important Sounding. Interview Getting. Titles. Things like:CEOFounderLeader Titles are fine.Sometimes they come with a pay bump. That’s cool. Here’s the thing.You can be a CEO of a company of just you. And you can “Found” a rock on the ground.What’s the point of leading if you don’t know

Worry does not count as billable hours.  Now, if you’re first reaction to that is, “of course they don’t,” I need you to dwell on it a bit longer.  Not because you’re wrong, but rather because it happens all the time.   Projects get behind. People don’t pull their weight. Others lie about their progress because they know

You hear a lot of people say, “you get out what you put in.” Meaning that if you want a return on your sweat equity, roll up your sleeves and dive in. But as anyone who’s spent their lives working will tell you…there’s a lot of crap out there. You have to put up with

Have you met people?  Yeah. They suck.  You suck.  I suck.  We all suck.  Whether you’re an influencer or a follower, the social media aspect of platforms is a lesson in futility.  Networks lost ground when streaming platforms cut out advertisements.  Those same streaming platforms lost ground when social media took over and made every single

Today, this day, there are probably more projects being worked on than there were yesterday. And yesterday there were more than the day before that.  That’s a lot to wade through.  It’s hard to be seen.  I think people are watching more content now, but they aren’t paying more attention.  It’s background noise.  Find your

Creativity is complicated.  Sometimes, it’s over complicated.  When you fall off a horse, people tell you to “get back on. You can’t let the horse beat you.”  You mean, that 1200lb animal?  That animal can beat me.  Easily.  But when it comes to writing or creating and you hit a block…people make a face and let

When you get into a slump in sports, the call it the “yips”. Something you’ve done and done well countless times, becomes a hurdle. If you’re running long distance, they call it The Wall. Mental fatigue collides with physical exhaustion…and your drive is gone. What happens when it isn’t physical though? What happens when it’s

I don’t know of anyone, at all, who doesn’t think they can do a better job than someone else.  Me included.  Everyone thinks that the only thing standing in the way of their massive success is someone else giving them a chance to run things.  Do you realize how nuts that is?  Think about all