“You have to be passionate about what you do in order to become successful” “Passion is a prerequisite for success” “Success follows passion” “Find what you are passionate about and…” I’ll be the first to raise my hand and admit how redundant and cliche these statements sound. There are many, many quotes, phrases, opinions and theories on the topic of passion and how it can be the critical component in ones personal or professional life. If you’re anything like me though, … →
Without a doubt, there is a myriad of characteristics, qualities, values and skills that one needs in order to be able to produce long term success in the entrepreneurial world, but for now – I am going to list four skills that at this stage in my own journey I find exceptionally pertinent. At different stages in our journey we find some things more relevant and useful than others. Obviously, I don’t write simply based on mastery, but in the … →
It’s time to turn down the suck, the noise, the jargon, the corporate speak and industry terminology. Many make the mistake of spearheading design with a corporate brain, saying all you can and think you need to, so your customer really “gets it”. Instead, it’s advantageous to design with your ideal customers’ brain. What frame of reference do they use? Often times, your visitors speak in terms of end result or feeling, and the proprietor gets caught up in features and benefits … →
The all-to-common plague of speaking negatively of others… We’re all guilty of it. I know I am, or as a work in progress I’d like to say, used to be. But some of us are just more aware of this than others. The awareness in this capacity is what carries the possibility of improvement and change. Do we really want to be receptive and open to accepting garbage? Our minds can only take in so much in a given day, … →
This was an old drafted post I had from 2010, inspired by a little placement of Jack Welch on CNBC. It was back when I had cable and actually watched TV, but it literally ocurred once or even twice every commercial break of every show. Perhaps that is why it stuck with me the way that it did.
Hate him or love him, it’s undeniable that Arnold Schwarzenegger has accomplished some amazing things in his lifetime. From being the youngest Mr. Universe at the age of 20, highest grossing actor at the height of the Terminator series and appearing in 28 movies thus far, to the nature of how he arrived in the chair for the Governor of California. Not bad for a guy who spent a week in Austrian prison for going AWOL from the military to … →
Today the sun was out. Yes, I say that in rare satisfaction. I live on the Wet Coast and its January…
