April 22, 2016

Pre-fail checklist, taking a stand, and fulfilling work [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: Pre-fail checklist. Most entrepreneurs fail. In fact, you shouldn’t ...

November 5, 2015

Five skills you can learn through failure [podcast]

Gordon MacDonald once wrote, “Failure is a master teacher if it has a willing student.” In this week’s episode of the Reinventure Me podcast, my co-host Armin Assadi and I talk about Five skills you can learn through failure. ...

March 5, 2015

The value of setbacks [podcast]

Setbacks are inevitable in any pursuit. And their greatest value is in how it shapes what we do next, provided we “don’t let the failure from outside get inside you,” as John Maxwell put it. In the latest episode of ...

July 25, 2014

Four reasons to stretch your vision

What’s the vision for your life? How could you make it bigger? Those questions may irk you. Perhaps because you don’t know how to answer them. Or perhaps because you think a big vision means self-promotion or world domination. ...

June 18, 2014

Valley taught: The stuff that fuels your ascent

I grew up at the foothills of inspiration. Right outside my front-door loomed Colorado’s majestic Pikes Peak. One of the first things I noticed when I moved to Minnesota was that there were no mountains—lots of gorgeous lakes, but ...

June 4, 2014

The price of anxiety

Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance. -- Seth Godin

There’s no shortage of things to be anxious about. We may have anxiety about our jobs, our bank account, our family, our health, the future of our country. Anxiety disorder affects nearly one in every seven adults, making it ...

May 21, 2014

Your wins can’t teach you anything

We all like a good win. But they can’t teach us anything. Sure, we may gain more confidence by them. They may also rally others to our cause. But we never really learn from them because a win ...

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 ...

January 24, 2014

My New Year goals progress report

Progress report: With the first month of the new year nearly behind me, I’m not at all concerned about making my goals for the year. That’s not hubris. It’s certainty. I already know I won’t achieve them—or at ...

June 3, 2013

The relentless pursuit of better

What do you want do better than anyone? Recently, I read an article where the author suggested that the answer to that question is the key to finding your purpose. His idea is that the thing you want to ...

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