This article originally appeared at Firmology.com. You can read it and other great content on technology, start-ups, and entrepreneurship here! ******** When you are in charge, you have two critical tasks to accomplish. It doesn’t matter if you are a CEO, an entrepreneur, or a pee-wee soccer coach; there are two jobs that you need […]
Create a 19,900% Advertising Bump in 67 Seconds
This article originally appeared on LinkedIn and went kind of viral. Check it out here! ******** A few months ago, I went to a birthday dinner for a friend at an Italian restaurant in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. It was a fun night – great conversation, delicious food, and pretty tasty wine. I’d never been […]
3 Questions to Ask Before Solving ANY Problem
This article originally appeared at Firmology. You can find it here. ******** A while back, I heard a stand-up comedian talk about the 3 questions you should always ask before you tell your significant other anything: Does this need to be said? Does this need to be said right now? Does this need to be […]
The Story of my Success (So Far)
This article originally ran at Firmology.com. Y0u can find it here. ******** June 6, 1997. There’s a common thought that the most important moments in your life happen without you realizing their meaning at the time. That’s certainly true with one of the turning points in my career. I didn’t know it, but that day […]
You Can’t Do Anything You Put Your Mind To
This article was first published on LinkedIn.com. You can find it here! ******** No matter how badly you want to, you can’t do anything you put your mind to. Sorry. It’s a dangerous myth that we often hear when we are children. We are told constantly that “you can do anything you put your mind […]
If I Were 22: Don’t Try to Change the World…And Make Great Stories
This story originally ran on LinkedIn.com. You can check it out and comment here. Me giving advice to a 22-year-old is a lesson in irony; because I know that the 22-year-old me wasn’t good at listening to other people’s advice. I’d like to think that I’ve gotten a little better over the years, but I’m a […]
The Magic Closet for Entrepreneurs … That Unfortunately Doesn’t Exist
If you grew up watching Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, you’ll remember his daily ritual at the beginning of each show. He’d walk into his house, sing a song, go into his closest, change his sweater and shoes, and then go about his day. Of course, at the end of the day he’d go back to that […]
Zumba, Mistakes, and the Trick to Public Speaking
I was reading through Scott Berkun’s Confessions of a Public Speaker and I came across the line: Know that your response to a mistake defines the audience’s response. And I thought to myself, “Dude, you couldn’t be more right.” I’ve spent most of my professional career speaking in front of people as a sales trainer, […]
Should You Really Put Recent College Grads in Charge of Your Social Media?
This article originally ran at theDigitalFA. You can visit it here, and be sure to check out the site – it’s full of great ideas on building a digital presence for financial professionals (and the rest of us). —— Here’s the 21st-century business version: “Give the job to Mikey, he understands this stuff!” “Mikey” in […]
Leadership Lessons from The Commitments
When people ask me about my favorite movies, they’re usually unprepared for one of my top choices, The Commitments, the tale of a scrappy Dublin soul band struggling to break away from the travails of working class life. Even though many people haven’t seen (or have even heard) of it, the exploits of Jimmy Rabbitte […]