February 26, 2016

Quitting the dream, stress, and Pluto [Venture Kindling]

This Venture Kindling post feature short bits of information I’ve tripped across or developed that can help you light a fire or revive a fire for your venture. Kindling from the web: Time to quit your dream? Writing for Harvard Business ...

August 6, 2014

Head-first or feet-first into your next venture?

When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet. - Benjamin Franklin

When it comes to pursuing a new venture, you can make one of two errors (I’ve made both). You may either throw caution to the wind and dive in with both feet, blindly trusting everything will work out; or, you can sit on the ...

November 18, 2013

Exuberance is my addiction

Exuberance can be a narcotic—making you do stupid stuff. Like publicly committing to do something prematurely. It happens to me so often, I have to intentionally monitor myself. Too often I’ll commit to an idea on the merit of ...

February 13, 2010

Thought for the Day – W. Allen on Confidence

Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.”– Woody Allen One evening, in our early years of marriage, I set out to demonstrate my prowess as a do-it-yourselfer. The task: replace a leaky kitchen faucet with a ...

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Tag Archives: exuberance

Quitting the dream, stress, and Pluto [Venture Kindling]

Head-first or feet-first into your next venture?

Exuberance is my addiction

Thought for the Day – W. Allen on Confidence