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Keeping your mouth shut and not raising your hand: a riff off Einstein

May 12, 2010

“If A equals success, then the formula is: A=X+Y+Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.” Albert Einstein I love this quote. It doesn’t, of course, offer any mathematical values to X or Y or Z, but it could imply that they come in equal measures. The...

Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly …

May 5, 2010

I was working with one of my favorite clients the other day, when I heard myself tell him, “Absolutely – your must be trustworthy, your must offer full disclosure, and never let anyone darken your reputation – you know, loyal, helpful, kind – all that.” I realized...

Bus money

Apr 25, 2010

I was thinking about money and freedom when I heard an NPR interview with Merle Haggard, the country music legend, now 72, talking to NPR’s Steve Inskeep about hopping freight trains in his youth. http://n.pr/aedMlf “I rode a freight from Oregon back to Bakersfield...

Install the cable modem in the camp, please

Apr 18, 2010

Think of all those ads about taking your new wireless electronics to the beach and the mountains and far-away remote places filled with slow-moving life. You can have peace and quiet and still be connected. Well, not really. Maybe if your beach or mountain is within a...

The loneliness of the CEO & a way to find a solution

Apr 8, 2010

Even with your founding team, you are often isolated in your role of CEO. Yes, it is the time you’ve always longed for, and you are excited and grateful for the opportunity to take your best shot at a new venture (your first or your next). And you are moved by the...