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 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 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 ...

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 14, 2014

Do you know your job’s hidden fees?

Every job is a transaction. Your work in exchange for a paycheck, benefits and, hopefully, a meaningful assignment. But every job also extracts hidden fees—hidden only our inattention to their presence. In this week’s episode of the Reinventure Me ...

Leary Gates | Venture coach

Turn your vision into venture. Ideas into action.

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