May 8, 2014

How to network like a pro [podcast]

Does the idea of networking like a pro offend you? Perhaps you think of that networking meet-up you attended and vowed never to return to again. You’re done wasting your time on a roomful of desperate business people with ...

May 1, 2014

How to create your personal mission statement [podcast]

Successful businesses have mission statements. And successful people do too. That’s not to say that you can’t be successful without one. But it’s much harder. To paraphrase Lewis Carroll’s, Alice in Wonderland, “If you don’t know where you’re going, ...

April 24, 2014

How to cultivate your personal vision [podcast]

Helen Keller once wrote, “The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but no vision.” Unfortunately, by that definition, we all know pathetic people. Is personal vision just a character trait that some have been ...

April 4, 2014

Five ways to fail better

A friend of mine recently reminded me of the famous Samuel Beckett quote: “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” If there’s one thing we can all improve upon it’s failure. That’s because ...

March 21, 2014

Do you think strategically about your dream? [podcast]

Sure, it’s easy enough to have a dream. That thing we hope, someday comes true for us. Every once in awhile we dabble with it, perhaps inspired by some “dream it, do it” saying. But then it gets hard, ...

March 6, 2014

The 4 strategies of an intentional apprentice

Who doesn’t want to have good mentors? They don’t just grow on trees, however. You have to cultivate them; and that takes training, discipline and hard work. In this week’s episode of the Reinventure Me podcast, my co-host, Armin ...

February 28, 2014

Give your dream eight feet of chance

Getting your dream to take flight is hard work. Whether its leading a business, or writing a book, launching a new career, or developing a new competence, it takes time to cultivate the momentum that makes you feel like ...

February 20, 2014

Become an expert beginner

Newb. Rookie. Novice. Trainee. Beginner. We’d rather not be associated with those words. Instead, we prefer others: Authority. Guru. Expert. Maven. Master. In this week’s episode of the Reinventure Me podcast, my co-host, Armin Assadi and I explore in more depth ...

February 19, 2014

When your spouse resists your dream

Dreams are hard enough to pursue. You’re always fighting something. Procrastination. Fear. Distraction. A million internal battles wage war to slow you down. But what do you do when the battle is also external—when the greatest resistance you face ...

January 31, 2014

The dream tax advantage

“Most of us have two lives,” writes Stephen Pressfield. “The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.” In his classic book, The War of Art, Pressfield animizes the internal battle that ...

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