For me, with starting a business, it became painfully evident early on that I needed to learn how to do things better if I was going to make my idea work. And I’m not talking about learning how to do the accounting or discovering the…
Learning from positive role models is definitely a good thing, however there is great value in learning from anti-role models as well. Rather than needing to make all the mistakes ourselves, we can observe the mistakes of others and learn from those. Don’t misunderstand me,…
I’ve long heard the concept of “fail early, fail often.” And, while I understood it in theory, I struggled to see its real, practical benefit. This all changed when I realized that failure gives us knowledge and skills which cannot be gained any other…
I used to be a blog scoffer. I thought blogging was dumb and I had declared I was never going to become a blogger, ever! Then I gave it a try. Now I can say with gusto that blogging has successfully revamped my entire…
Books have been a huge game changer for me. Looking back over all the books I’ve read, there are many which have influenced me in a powerful way. However, there are a select few that impacted me on an even greater scale. These are…
Claudia and I read a lot of books and listen to a lot of audio programs and podcasts. On a recent trip to the library, we checked out fifteen books. I’ll admit, we went a little overboard. We didn’t quite get through all of…
I suddenly have a heightened awareness of words. Too often they are thrown around like old dish towels and leak out of mouths as oil through a tipped jar. Many people are completely unaware of the effect of their own words. Friendships are made…
[tentblogger-youtube ibDsazyTj1k] Link: Interview with Steve and Jody Berkey Question: Are you figuring it out along the way? How’s that going? …
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I’m addicted to audio books! I can’t help myself! Michael got 5 out from the library the other day and I had to get 3 more when I stopped by the library with Jude. I was going just to, “Check out what they had……
