Internet advice goes stale, but that doesn’t mean it goes away. You could be following advice that worked great 5 years ago, but it’s no longer working. This is something I find frequently in my work as a marketer. …

This week, my friend Charlie Gilkey is launching a new book, Team Habits: How Small Actions Lead to Extraordinary Results. I was a big fan of his first book, Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done. (See my video review here.) Charlie has once again proven his ability…

In the game of life, how well you play determines your success. Every day is another round, every year is another level, and at the end of the game, it doesn’t matter if you won the high score — all that matters is that you played the game well. There…

This week marks the 1-year anniversary of the publication of my first book, Marketing Yourself. Here’s the replay of the Launch Party. During this 45-minute video, recorded last year, you can see: the book covers I (almost) used the 4 levels of a Personal Platform the 4 Cornerstones that elevate…

I was in the middle of mighty-tasking when I had a brilliant idea. This idea had nothing to do with the project I was working on. If I had stopped to tend to this idea properly, it would derail the state of flow I had achieved. I did not want…

The world’s richest man wrecked one of the world’s most beloved brands. “My first reaction was, ‘Is this a joke?’…Honestly, I think it’s idiotic,” said Matt Egan, managing director of strategy at brand experience firm Siegel+Gale. …

I’m just gonna say it: Candyland is a boring game. I’ve played this game dozens — maybe hundreds — of times with my own children. We don’t play it anymore, because now that they are older, they agree that it is boring to play. …

​Rebecca Houghton wanted to position her community as the premium resource for B-Suite Leaders — the modern middle manager. But her website was built on WordPress.com (not .org), …

Ever since I ran away and joined the circus (true story!) I’ve always seen my work as a form of play. The harder the work, the harder I have to play to get through it. I learned this from the Seven Dwarves. They worked all day in the mines, and…