Remembering you are going to die is the best way that I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. --Steve Jobs (cf. WSJ) This past... read more →
Did acedia get me last week? Some of you may wonder: “Did Jon get so bored by acedia that he wrote about why I need a Client Happiness Specialist? Or... read more →
The Ultimate Perpetual Motion Business “If you spend a dollar, do you intend to get more than a dollar?” “If you spend an hour, do you intend to get more... read more →
“Servant selling.” It sounds like an oxymoron. Isn’t the goal of every business to make money? To increase the lifetime value of a client (to my firm)? Last week, my... read more →
The Celts called it right. They considered Advent—the time leading up to the birth of Jesus—to be a liminal doorway where Past, Present, and Future met in a Person. For... read more →
We were blessed to spend a recent weekend with friends in the Silverthorne area in the Rockies. My friends are attempting to rent the property we were all staying in... read more →
Since Karl Frank guest blogged a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been wondering why it’s so difficult to connect with our future self. Specifically: Why do so few of us... read more →
Over the last two weeks, we’ve learned from the impact life purpose has in undergirding the lives of two “business” owners. This is the time of year when successful business... read more →
We’ve seen momentum shifts in games: it happens in basketball games where one team seems to drain every shot. The other team looks flat-footed and tosses nothing but bricks. On... read more →
Managing our companies provides the most strenuous leadership challenge: though owners must lead by example, they in fact cannot lead others where they themselves have not gone! Your competitive advantage... read more →
