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Read MorePurchasing a business is an exciting but risky undertaking. The sales process often requires salesmanship as owners are looking to maximize the sale price, while buyers must practice patience to keep their objectives top of mind without being taken advantage of in the deal. When considering a business, prospective buyers should be sure to communicate with current and past owners to gather certain key pieces of information that can help determine if it is a good fit or not; things like financial performance, customer satisfaction ratings, and reputation within the industry. Exploring these potential risks can help minimize getting into trouble down the road if salesmanship outpaces communication too much during the purchase.
Read MoreJohn had been feeling down lately. He was the fourth generation scion of a wealthy merchant family, but he felt like he didn't really have much purpose in life. In the back of his mind, John knew there was something that could save him from his depression - an old family treasure hidden away for generations.
Read MoreGlutathione is a substance that naturally occurs in our bodies and plays an important role in keeping us healthy. It's sometimes called the "master antioxidant" because it helps to protect cells from damage caused by free radicals. Studies have shown that glutathione levels can affect lifespan, so it's worth taking steps to boost your levels if you want to live a long and healthy life. Keep reading to learn more about glutathione and how to increase your levels.
Read MorePositive thinking can have a powerful effect on our lives. Studies have shown that people who hold an optimistic outlook tend to be healthier and live longer than those who are more pessimistic. It’s easy to see why: positive thinking leads to higher levels of happiness, greater resilience in the face of difficult circumstances, and better mental and physical health overall. But just how does positive thinking work?
Read MoreI’m a ‘nobody’. That’s right. I’m a big fat nobody. Sure I’m a somebody to my kids and my wife, but other than that I’m just some dude out in Texas doing his thing. Even with my podcast, this newsletter and the other things I do that other ‘somebody’s’ do, I’m about as much of a nothing burger as I’ve ever been, and I love it. Why? It’s because I have finally found my purpose.
I always laugh when my very well intentioned friends start giving me tips on how to be the next Joe Rogan or Tim Ferriss. That’s not at all what I’m after. Would I like millions of downloads per week? Sure I suppose, but that’s not the purpose for my podcast. Would I like this newsletter to grow to 2 million subscribers like Tim Ferriss’ ‘5 Bullet Friday’? Sure thing. However, if I’m 90 and it’s still just you and having this unilateral virtual conversation,that’ll be ok.
Read MoreIn his book “The Power of Full Engagement” Jim Loehr discusses the human need to take a break and work in sprints. He first recognized this coaching world-class tennis professionals. He watched the greatest in the world perform and could not seem to identify the one factor that separated them from their lesser opponents.
Then he had a eureka moment. He cracked the code. While he had been watching the player hit massive forehand shots, incredible net approaches and monster serves, what he found was it wasn’t what was happening during the points that mattered but between.
Read MoreShakespeare once said, “All the world is a stage.” Well, if Bill is right, then I guess that makes us actors. Ok. I can deal with that. But, we also get to be Director as well huh? You bet. With this in mind, let’s use the acting metaphor to the fullest.
Daniel Day Lewis is one of, if not, my favorite actor of all time. The man is simply amazing. From Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood,” to “Bill ‘The Butcher’ Cutting” in “Gangs of New York, he kills it every time. Lewis is what is known as a ‘method actor.’ This is a form of acting in which the performer never breaks character even when not on set.
Read MoreAfter Kipgogei was circumcised, he wasn't allowed to go home. He was taken to a hut on the outskirts of the village to heal from the operation and he was told, whenever you leave this hut, you are not allowed to walk.
"So you're supposed to run and it's very fast. So you're running very swift, having the pain," he said.
Before the circumcision, Kipgogei was never a runner. Afterward, when he was done with initiation and back in high school, he decided to give it a try.
"So I could run and I'd feel pain. I feel pain. I'm feeling pain and I'd wanted to stop," Kipgogei said. "Then I realized, no. Let me try to persevere. Let me just try. Let me try one more, one more, one more time and two minutes later I'm at school."
Read MoreIt was 1994, and I was a sophomore at Stephen F. Austin State University. The time had come to declare a major. I had always thought I would be a business major of some sort. I just assumed I’d go into business selling widgets or drugs or something of the sort. There was, however, a problem. All the business majors demanded I take several courses in math.
Read MoreWe are about to launch the holiday season. As I type this my daughters are home from school. We will gather this Thursday for Thanksgiving. Over the course of the next couple months, if we are so fortunate, we will see many members of our immediate and extended family.
I have a challenge for you. I want you to first take out your phone. Now I want you to set a reminder with an alert for three different times of the day each with one of the words you came up with. As you prepare to join family for the holidays, commit to putting those three words into action.
Read MoreI’ve often said when I turned 40 my ‘I don’t give a sh** meter went way up. It wasn’t a cognitive thing. It required no effort. Something just organically happened. I’m not sure what, but it did.
Now I’m 47 and I realize I might have had it wrong. I didn’t increase my list of things I don’t care about. I just became more acutely aware of the things I do care about. It’s funny. When you focus intently on that which matters the things you don’t just sort of naturally organize themselves without any effort on our part.
Read MoreEveryone is looking for the panacea for success. It doesn’t matter whether it’s with their health, their business, raising their children, their sex life, the Worldle everyone wants the silver bullet.
However, there’s a problem. It doesn’t exist. There is no one thing. Anyone who tells you there is most likely needs to be Kung Fu chopped in the larynx. However, if you come across someone who says, “You know there’s no one thing, but there are a few things that seem to show up in every success story I’ve ever read, heard, watched or lived then this might be someone worth lending an ear. I like to think I’m the latter.
Read MoreFear can be crippling. I have dealt with fears my whole life. As a result I’ve been less than a good friend and mate. I’ve been less than a good co-worker. I’ve jumped ship from jobs as a result of fears.
Mark Twain once said, “Courage is the resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”
Read MoreIgnaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian doctor working in Vienna General Hospital, is known as the father of hand hygiene. In 1846, he noticed that the women giving birth in the medical student/doctor-run maternity ward in his hospital were much more likely to develop a fever and die compared to the women giving birth in the adjacent midwife-run maternity ward. He decided to investigate, seeking differences between the two wards. He noticed that doctors and medical students often visited the maternity ward directly after performing an autopsy. Based on this observation, he developed a theory that those performing autopsies got ‘cadaverous particles’ on their hands, which they then carried from the autopsy room into the maternity ward. Midwives did not conduct surgery or autopsies, so they were not exposed to these particles.
Read MoreI purposely didn’t discuss politics because, well, I just didn’t have the energy. Moderation is heralded as the unicorn all of us Americans are longing for. Yet we never vote for it in the candidates we choose. Hmm.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to be just? I think it can be boiled down to one sentence. Do what is right. I think it was Mark Twain who said, “You’re never wrong to do the right thing.” It’s hard to argue with this statement.
However, doing the right thing as right as it is and wrong as it is not does not always make it easy. That should not stop us though. We hear a lot about justice these days, but it’s not justice at all. It’s revenge. I cannot see anything in Franklin’s virtue of justice to suggest he thought it right to go about wronging people for some historical slight.
Read MoreVirtue# 7 “Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.”
As is the case with most sages their wisdom can be traced back to religious ideals and texts. Confucius said, “Sincerity is the way to Heaven.”
Franklin uses speech as a medium for sincerity. In the book of Ephesian, found in the Bible it reads, “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”
Have you ever noticed there are some people who are a little too comfortable with giving criticism? I don’t know when it was, but at some point in my life I realized that I hated to be the one to be disagreeable to other people. I thought to myself, “Why do I have to be the one to tell them I disagree?” The answer? I don’t.
Read MoreThe Tao of Ben Franklin Virtue #6: Industry-Lose no time; be always employ’d in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.
Well, we can see Franklin fit right into that good ole American Protestant work ethic. Its advice is simple. Work. Be productive. Don’t waste time. This will make some reader’s hair catch on fire. We live in an age where the hard pushing work ethic that has defined Americans for so long is often frowned upon.
However, as with most everything there is nuance. Franklin knew how to enjoy himself. Sure, he was at his work often and made good use of his day. He had a planned and regimented day that outlined his work. Most great individuals do. They don’t just loaf through their day willy nilly. They have structure and purpose for their day.
Read More“Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing.”
It appears Ben Franklin had a strict discipline to manage money well. We know from historical accounts he was one of the wealthiest of the founders. Quotes such as “Waste not want not,” have been accredited to him over the years.
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