Alan Weiss, PhD, said if you improve yourself (he was referring to your business operations) one percent each day, in 70 days you’ll be twice as good. One percent each day sounds pretty do-able to me. It certainly lightens the load when I wake up each morning and think about how much better I have to get. […]
There Will Always Be Dishes in the Sink
I’m not terribly big on memes and inspirational quotes but this quote, shared by my friend Amy O’Hara on Facebook, made me feel some forgiveness towards myself – perhaps all the recent chaos in my life isn’t as bad as I think it is. Lately, I’ve barely been able to show up prepared. You know that feeling […]
Sales and Love Affairs: Same thing; different happy endings
A little over 13 years ago, I made a move from Seattle to the small resort town in the mountains where I live now, to run the marketing department of the ski resort. I got here in mid-November, way too late in the ski season cycle to be jumping into my marketing job. Ski […]
“Enjoy everything about life every day”
I sat in the hair chair enduring the salon small talk wondering how I can tactfully redirect the stylists gesturing hands back onto my head to get the task at hand done. The conversation soon shifted to the neighboring stylist (and owner of the salon) and her client. The owner was complaining that she didn’t […]
Who Carries Your Basket of Eggs?
Much like you, I imagine, I’m always trying to raise things to the next level. Professionally, personally – whatever it is, it could be better than it is now. I want to be a faster runner so I download apps and training plans, buy a heart rate monitor, and if I could, I’d hire a coach, and […]
The Worst Kind of Thief
When the truck trailer was stolen from outside Patrick’s startup winery, I wasn’t mad for the reasons you’d think. I wasn’t mad for the loss of the trailer. It can be replaced and it didn’t have sentimental value. I was furious because Patrick and his partner work really hard outside of their (more than) full-time […]
Change the World And Still Make it to Your Next Meeting
In her book, Thrive, Arianna Huffington tells the story of her daughter’s fifth birthday. They celebrated with mermaid cake, presents, balloons, and a party. That weekend, when both Arianna and her daughter were volunteering at Children of Mine, a center for children in need, another girl was celebrating her fifth birthday: With a chocolate chip […]
The Secret to the Ultimate Life Hack
It all started when I said “I want her life.” I was working in my cubicle in Seattle when the person who would one day become one of my best friends walked into our downtown headquarters all sunshiney and happy. She was the marketing manager, in town from the Idaho ski resort (I worked at […]
The Badge Of Busy
I don’t know when being busy became a badge of honor where we get to share with everyone OMG, how busy we are. Like it’s a competition. And we’re winning. And as if we weren’t busy enough before, here come the holidays. The most wonderful time of the year! The motion of business slows down because […]
Use The Rules of Cycling to Help You Find Your New Groove
Focus on where you want to go, and keep the rubber side down. The rules of mountain biking apply well to life. In high school, more than anything, I wanted to be an artist. I loved art class; I thought my art teachers were hip; and I loved the story it would tell about me […]
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