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What’s your wealth number?

Dec 3, 2010

“I’m not going to work this hard for a lousy nickel million.” My client was 27 when he said this. “So? What’s your number? How much wealth does it take for you to work this hard?”  “$20 million.”  “Before or after taxes?” I ask.  “After taxes,” he says.  “O.k.” I...

Worry forward, look back

Oct 2, 2010

One of my clients mentioned the other day that he would “worry forward.” I love the phrase. My clients, entrepreneurs all, worry forward that a deal will close, that the legal language in a contract will get settled, that he or she will make enough revenue to cover...

Being Darth Vader

Sep 24, 2010

Having insight into the dark side is essential in business, but we must learn to look there but not live there. In recent years, I have found a place in myself that allows this question to accompany me in all my business dealings: is that a lie? Many of us, the...

The worldly web goes local, personal and green

Aug 11, 2010

When the Internet first began connecting the world, there was some talk (and some great science fiction) about folks never leaving their homes, living through avatars, jacked into the Net, devoid of face to face social contact. Well, the worldly web has gone local,...