How Leaders Evolve (Unconscious => Conscious => Transcendent)
I define (Transcendent) Leadership as the process by which a person (the leader) elicits the internal commitment of others (the followers) to...
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DWYSYWD (Or: How being unreasonable with my word changed my life)
After drinking and partying my way through college, I took a job waiting tables at Damon’s Grill my first job out of college. The same...
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How to create something meaningful
It starts with a dream. And with the first whisps of the dream, the machine locks in and the outcome is set. You create details, the most minute...
Read moreWhen to stop “crushing it”
I’ve been “crushing it” for almost as long as I’ve been running a startup. That’s not to say that things have always...
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Don’t settle for success, prioritize purpose over giving the people what they want
The Lean Startup methodology has proven to be the most effective and efficient way to build a successful company. But if it’s your only...
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When quitting is the logical decision
I went to bed crying about business once, years ago, and I remember feeling like the whole thing was fucked. We were running out of cash, over 70...
Read moreThe forgotten half of leadership
Leadership is to most a matter of doing. People have written reams of books, articles, whitepapers, etc about all the doing that is required of...
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Failure makes for great leaders, if it’s shared
My failures have been the gifts that keep on giving. The time when my team almost mutinied. The time many of them did, leaving scathing reviews on...
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For leaders, meditation is more useful than business school
Meditation makes people better leaders, and when done consistently can be more effective than any knowledge on leadership one could acquire, or...
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How leaning in to my greatest fear enabled me to make better decisions
Fear drives much of our lives. Neutralize your fear by leaning into it, and free yourself to make better decisions. I’m convinced that...
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Sales teams are more than that
I heard a story once that stuck with me, about the nature of experience. A small girl walks through a garden for the first time. In the garden are...
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One of the most important lessons I’ve learned in business
I never went to business school. My business education was a startup accelerator called Momentum. Patterned after TechStars, Momentum gave...
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Which type of team are you? Football or basketball?
A football team consists of 54 specialists, each with a finely tuned set of skills and an equally specific role, ready to be called upon to...
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Do Less, Better
Inspiration sparks the best ideas, creative process crystalizes them, and perspiration makes them come to life. Three parts of the value creation...
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