June 26, 2014

How reading can lead to your next great beginning [podcast]

My wife, Anna, is a voracious reader. She’s also the smartest woman I know. I don’t think those attributes are unrelated. She’s smart because she reads and she reads because she’s smart. I’ve not always been so smart. Up ...

June 19, 2014

Are you persevering or merely being obstinate? [podcast]

I'm told by others I'm headstrong. (I don't think they're referring to my intellect.) Perseverance is a terrific quality until you continue to pursue something you should really not. Then it's stubbornness.

June 12, 2014

How to create habits for your next great beginning [podcast]

Mark Twain once quipped, “Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.” What’s so easy to see in others, is difficult to spot in ourselves— especially so when we set out to create habits that support our long term ...

June 5, 2014

Three strategies to supercharge your productivity [podcast]

Several years ago a fire got lit under me. It was my fiftieth birthday. Suddenly, I felt a sense of urgency and mission I hadn’t experienced before. It fueled a voracious appetite to dig into productivity strategies and to ...

May 29, 2014

What is a personal brand and do you need one? [podcast]

“Starting today, you are a brand.” Those words written by Tom Peters in an article titled, “The Brand of You” appearing in the August/September 1997 issue of FastCompany magazine set off a movement. Suddenly it was chic to have a ...

May 22, 2014

Four things you need to know about resistance [podcast]

Albert Einstein said, “Nothing happens until something moves.” When you and I get moving on our venture project, the sure thing that happens is that we’ll get resistance. Resistance is that thing which seemingly conspires to keep us from ...

May 15, 2014

How to take the sting out of rejection [podcast]

I can get pretty excited about a new idea. That is, until I tell it to a critic. The humorist Franklin Jones once said, “Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or ...

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 3, 2014

How to know if you’re stuck [podcast]

“Things always take longer than they do.” Some wise guy said that and it’s certainly felt that way in my life. I’ll set a goal, start out with enthusiasm, then get stuck. Usually, I can muster up the energy ...

Leary Gates | Venture coach

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