Earlier this year I read a great post on 3 Goals for 2009 by Chris Brogan about his alternative to New Year’s Resolutions. It seemed to make sense to me, especially in terms of helping me stay focused on specific areas and outcomes for the year. Since life was busy, I couldn’t provide the mental [...]

I made a mistake today, an error in judgment. Yet it wasn’t all bad. Here’s what happened, what I might learn from it and a few lessons for all of us. Mistakes can sometimes become teaching tools, if we chose to learn from them. The Background In the last two months, I’ve started running. Well, [...]

One of the smartest moves I’ve made since I started my own business is to be a part of an accountability group. Each Monday three friends and I get together over lunch to talk about our goals (sales and otherwise) and then hold one another accountable for outcomes. We talk about forecasting, contacts, pages written, [...]