What to do when your nut factory explodes
When he was younger, I took my son to see the movie "The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature". At the beginning of the movie, the main characters (who are squirrels) are living the high life. They've taken up residence in an abandoned nut factory, which is heaven on Earth for...
Battleproofing your focus
I've been getting better at building up walls to keep daily distractions away from me. I bought Robin Sharma's book the other day, and he's big on that too. He writes: "Fashion your entire professional life so as to work within a tight bubble of extreme focus, with a...
3 rules for aspiring jazz players (and coaches)
In "The System Club Letters", Ken McCarthy talks about how master marketers can learn from Jazz musicians. In Jazz, there are three rules for aspiring players: 1) Find your own voice2) Never play a tune the same way twice3) Know the basics inside and out It's ok to...
A strange trend in the online space
Here's a strange trend that I've seen online: I get a cold email pitch from a service provider I don't know, which includes a long (10-20 minute) video claiming to show how they can help my business and often in a condescending tone about how much money is being left...
Successful and unsuccessful people react differently to this
When an unsuccessful person loses a few email subscribers/Facebook friends/etc: "Oh no, I lost potential clients! I better change my message to make sure I appeal to every single person out there and never risk offending one of them!" Good luck with that in 2021 …...
A different way of thinking about “client avatars”
A few days ago, I did a Facebook Live about "client avatars". (I wasn't talking about the funny-looking blue aliens from the James Cameron movie, but the client avatars that coaches are told they need to identify if they hope to be successful …) Experts recommend that...
Pluses, Minuses, and Equals
In "Ego Is The Enemy", Ryan Holiday talks about the "plus, minus, and equals" way of learning from people that he got from MMA trainer Frank Shamrock. Basically, you need three different types of people in your life: Those who are better than you are now (the...
About “Victimhood Chic”
In his book "The Subtle Art Of Not Giving a F*ck", Mark Manson sums up the current state of social media with what he calls "Victimhood Chic": ===== "The responsibility/fault fallacy allows people to pass off the responsibility for solving their problems to others....
The Power of One Letter
A cool story for fans of Dale Carnegie's book, "How to Win Friends and Influence People": The original title was supposed to be "How to Make Friends and Influence People", but when the cover was being designed they discovered that they couldn't fit the whole title on...
As easy as selling lemonade
A few weeks ago, some neighbourhood kids came to my door selling lemonade. I was about to run out, and I already had a cold bottle of water, so I was all good. I did give them $5, because I want to support young capitalists who are out working on a hot summer day (Go...
