05 2024 January
2024: The Year of Deeper Connections
It was in a time of stillness, on a recent vacation to Nevis with my family, that I had the headspace to think about the year ahead and what my theme might be.
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The Bear in Mind
“Are we what we do for a living?” asks Jason Gay in his recent Wall Street Journal article, ‘I’m a Psycho’—What ‘The Bear’ Says About the Work-Life Revolution: Is it possible to be fully committed to a career—and have a healthy life balance?”
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05 2023 June
Standing Up and Standing Out
Last month, I traveled to New York City for the TD Five Boro Bike Tour, which was part of a Young Presidents Organization (YPO) event my good friend Kevin Donnelly had pulled together for about 120 of us.
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18 2023 April
The Power of Partnership
Right now, life is one big party for the solo entrepreneurs: the visionaries who have done it all on their own.
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03 2023 March
Flexing Your Connection Muscle
However you feel about artificial intelligence, here’s a piece of natural intelligence: We can throw all the innovation and technology we want out to the world, but the biggest problem in our business and personal lives remains the same: a lack of connection.
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31 2022 December
This is Me, Leaving the Harbor
Have you ever felt a tug in a new and unknown direction? It starts as a small tug on the rope tied to an anchor. Time passes and the tug gets more and more intense. It gains force and one day you realize it is time to pull up the anchor. Fear floods your body at the realization.
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10 2022 November
The Real Secret to Resiliency
I was at a Fortune 50 company yesterday, giving their sales team a speech about saving your asks.
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24 2022 October
The Culture of Personality
89% of people are in the wrong job. Here’s why there’s hope.
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06 2022 October
Why 20 Percent of People Want to Punch Me in the Face
Social media has made everything seem so easy in our lives, whether it’s friends finishing marathons or, I’ll admit, authors like me who are traveling around the country to deliver speeches. Thanks for reading Make It Happen!
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07 2022 September
Scents and Sensibility
It was early 2019, and my first book, The Millennial Whisperer, was about to be published.
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