The Monthly Ten Year Test

The monthly ten year test is not a physical test, it’s a mental test.  It’s a test you can administer to yourself at the beginning of each month. The goal of this test is for you to do a quick reality check. Here’s how it works: Close your eyes and spend about 10 minutes thinking […]

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Are You in the 85% or the 15%?

85% of employees are not engaged or actively disengaged at work.  This is according to Gallup’s  State of the Global Workplace report. Are you in the 85% or the 15%?  For some of you it’s obvious that you’re either engaged or disengaged.  For the rest us, we need more clarification on engagement.  According to Gallup: […]

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Focus is Always Good, Tunnel Vision is Always Bad

One of the common themes of advice you get from the top gurus in the entrepreneurship world is focus. You hear time and time again that in order to be a great founder, you must not let working on too many ideas distract you. In my experience, this advice is spot on. I’ve met several entrepreneurs […]

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