In order to market something in a field where I had no experience, I needed to use my head. Actually, my three brains: the head, heart and gut brain. I relied in this case on my head brain – to strategize. I was trying to...
Your ideals aren't worth a damn until you have a concrete action plan. In this series of blogs adapted from my book Shift the Work, I look at how I approached success and engagement – and how I and, by extension, you, can...
"Did I live? Did I love? Did I matter?" These are three questions that we will face at the end of our lives, according to Brendon Burchard, the founder of Experts Academy and survivor of a near-death experience. This is an...
If you defined humanity, you might say something like: humanity is the state of being human, or it is a human’s ability to think, process, and communicate. You might also connect humanity with feelings we experience, like love,...
Harley Davidson struggled mightily back in the early 1980s when Japan’s manufacturing took the upper hand. After several management buyouts, the company was down to a 15 percent share of the marketplace. When Vaughn L. Beals,...
We may speak from the heart, but we feel it in the gut. In my book Shift the Work, I explore how our brains work – the head, the heart and the gut. The brain in the gut calls us to a higher purpose. The gut brain also alerts...
Zappos is a company that has made a point of creating engagement throughout its organization, including its call center. First, Zappos runs the call center out of its offices in Las Vegas, as opposed to outsourcing the work...
What is it that most people search for in life? Wealth? Success? These are goals for most of us. But for virtually everyone, the unacknowledged goal is personal connection. This was one of the remarkable findings that came...
We don’t handle change well. We suck at making commitments, so we exchange our iPhones for new ones every year. We fail at the promises we make for ourselves, which is why most people won’t follow through on their New Year’s...
