Have you ever found that you can’t do something simple? Or, more accurately, that you can’t bring yourself to do it consistently? As I look back over my life, I can see simple things that, at one time or another, I couldn’t do. There were times I worked multiple jobs…

When I started my first agency, we had a client I didn’t love. He was a nice guy, and I liked his work, but I thought he was annoying and frustrating, and we ended up firing him as a client. The funny thing is, we probably shouldn’t have. My job…

One of my goals in relationships, communications, and everything else is to always bring value. Our world is filled with junk, poor communication, and things that take from people. I don’t want to be a taker; I want to be a giver. I believe that there is an opportunity to…

I finished reading The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose by Chris Wilson. It’s one of the most inspiring books I’ve read and immediately became one of my favorites. While in prison with a life sentence, Chris (the author) created a master plan…

As a kid, I loved watching I Love Lucy. Now, as an adult, I still love it, and so do my kids. We have been watching it together most evenings, and their belly laughs every time Lucy does some sort of physical humor are infectious. In one of I Love…

I recently wrote that we are having the wrong conversation about work. Remote work is never going away for knowledge workers, so we should be talking about trust, freedom, and asynchronous communication. That’s the next big conversation. Deep trust is difficult for many leaders. Team members need to be trusted…

We are having the wrong conversation about work. The remote work conversation is so 2020. It was a thing long before that too. I keep seeing articles like “Why companies should embrace remote work” and “How remote work makes employees more productive.” …

I’m rereading Atomic Habits. One of the main points early in the book is that habits get formed and reinforced based on who you think you are. Do you see yourself as a health nut? Then, you are more likely to create and sustain healthy habits. Do you see yourself…

It’s mid-January, just enough time for the good intentions of early January to meet with the harsh reality of late January. In early January, we set goals, make resolutions, and look starry-eyed at the year ahead. …