Last week, I was scared. Come to think of it, yesterday I was too. And just before sending this out, the feeling hit for a flash. Also last week, I was brave. Yesterday, I showed courage. And today, my acts of courage were more than a...
The full-proof framework for your next apology that’ll make you — and them — feel better instantly. This week, I learned how to apologize. Despite the 40+ years on this planet practicing my humanity — and thinking I’m doing a pretty good job at it — it...
Like Vegas but better, 3 reasons to jump in and roll the dice. My entry into angel investing was accidental. I share it as a lesson and perhaps a point of inspiration in the hopes that you consider *ownership* as a way to building wealth and...
Excuses, complaining and the many reasons for why things are the way they are just don’t matter. Choosing to take action are the only answer. This idea is hot on my mind. The last two months I’ve chosen a new way of being. Zero complaining. Zero excuses....
When people ask me the question of what it means to be a great leader, I point to math. Multiplication. It’s the answer for how to increase the collective IQ and performance of your company. The answer for how you make your people smarter and more...
Fear, uncertainty and doubt. It’s the ultimate crippler. And rarely is anyone immune. I look back at myself in startup-building mode over the years and then as part of a management team shaking my head at the thought of just how much FUD was behind much...
This week is two years since I left Infusionsoft. It's also two years since my mother's sudden diagnosis of terminal cancer. The two events were not connected. Yet the timing of them on the same day, poetically eery. I was preparing for a rebirth, and...
It was the Wednesday after Mother’s Day. Driving into the office that morning on the freeway, my skin tingled with nervous excitement. I had no idea that morning just how much this day would be forever etched in my history. I’d been afraid of it...
When the universe whispers and you don’t notice, it speaks to you in a million subtle ways, until you get the message. It gets louder, with signals that grow more and more obvious that things are off. Obvious to everyone else but you that is....
I’ve just made a big change in my life. I’ve left an amazing company called Infusionsoft, that’s on a worthwhile mission, where I worked with a talented leadership team that I had the pleasure of solving big problems for small business with, where I got to mentor smart ambitious people and...