Mindset – Inner Game
All I wanted was a frigginâ bag of peanuts! Last night, at the NHL hockey game between (my beloved) St. Louis Blues and the Pittsburgh Penguins, I had a hankering for some salt and crunch. Peanuts in the shell. Some water to wash âem down. It was between the first and second periods so the…
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Last night, I stayed up late to watch womenâs Olympic hockey â the gold medal match between the USA and Canada. Canada won 3-2, powered by two goals from captain Marie-Philip Poulin. This was Poulinâs fourth Olympic gold-medal game. Sheâs the only hockey player ever (woman or man) to score in four Olympic gold-medal games.…
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Sad story⌠I crossed paths recently with a full time copywriter whoâs stuck on skid row. His top client accounted for 80% of the copywriterâs revenue. And then the top client opted for a cheaper option. Poof! There went 80% of the copywriterâs revenue. Now the copywriter is posting to public forums, saying he canât…
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I came across this quote from Bill Gates the other day that makes a ton of sense: The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. For 19…
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I attended a yoga class last week. First time ever. I worked muscles and tendons that hadnât stretched since the Reagan administration. Some of those muscles protested mildly. Others screamed, âYouâve got to be kidding me!â Our instructor, Jessica, asked us to bend at the waist and touch the ground. She spotted me in my…
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I met a remarkable woman yesterday. Her name is Sarah Walugembe. She lives in Uganda. Her mom left her when she was two months old. Her dad died a few years later. She married when she was 14. She thought marriage was her ticket to a better life. But her husband was a bad man.…
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I don’t usually write to you on Sundays. But I’m making an exception today because it’s my birthday, and I’d like to tell you a story… …about my dad. His name was Wally Ruwitch. When he was 50 years old he was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. I was 24 then, working as a…
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Theodor Geisel was born on this day in 1904. You know him as Dr. Seuss. In honor of his birthday, I wrote a little something. Not as good as he used to do, but maybe worth a minute of your reading time… When I earned a diploma, I got many a gift. A watch. And a…
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In yesterdayâs Monday Mash-Up, I shared this this article about the director ChloĂŠ Zhao. Her new movie, Nomadland, is getting a lot of Oscar buzz. And sheâs getting lots of attention. Well deserved, I believe. The article has several great business lessons. Here’s one… Zhao met her husband, cinematographer Joshua James Richards, when they were film students at…
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A business coach called me because she wanted to find a better lead generation service. She helps clients find connections on LinkedIn and turn those connections into customers. Sheâd been using a third-party service that worked well⌠TOO well, she said. One of her clients had to pause the service because it generated more leads…
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