Growth comes from experiencing moments that are larger than you are. Or at least appear larger than you believe you are. The humility that naturally emerges from walking into situations where you are the underdog hardens us, strengthens us and makes us aspire to be that which we have not yet realized. It is in [...]
Continue Reading →When Thomas Paine penned Common Sense in 1775 it quickly became one of the largest print successes in American history. In light of its overwhelming sales, Paine donated his royalities to George Washington’s Contintenal Army saying, “As my wish was to serve an oppressed people, and assist in a just and good cause, I conceived [...]
Continue Reading →The glass is never 1/2 empty nor 1/2 full, it’s always overflowing. Even if you’re a proverbial “1/2 full” person, you still miss 1/2 of the opportunity and abundance of the Universe. Welcome to 2011 friends, let’s kick its ass.
Continue Reading →A quote from Mark Zuckerberg at the Web 2.0 Summit when commenting on the current dogma of online turf wars. “Your map is wrong. The biggest part of the map has to be uncharted territory — this map makes it seem like it’s zero-sum, but it’s not. We’re building value, not just taking it away [...]
Continue Reading →Yesterday marked the three year anniversary of closing the Cisco/Latigent acquisition, and I thought it a good time to address one of the questions I am constantly asked by those such aspired (as I once was). “How do I get bought by Google, or Cisco, or Oracle, or…” People approach this question as if [...]
Continue Reading →One reason I love the Call Center world is that it breeds into you a passion for goal attainment. Everyday when you walk in the door you have a clearly defined set of short-term and long range objectives that must be met. You come in every morning, review your plan over a cup of coffee, [...]
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