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Mar 11, 2010 10:03am

Last week an old friend rang me on my cell phone to catch up. It was the third time he'd called. "Dude, what's up with you?," he wondered. "We are really out of touch, I've called you several times!" "Man,......

The value of a single point

Mar 9, 2010 2:16pm

Every great speech that changes the world makes one point and makes it very well. When you add a second, third or fourth major point to a talk, you make it hard to follow and cut down the results. When......

Why I seldom reply to Tweets publicly

Mar 8, 2010 1:19pm

A friend emailed me today, berating me because I don't use public reply on Twitter to respond to statements, questions, etc. with @sanderssays in it. He cited Tweeple I deeply admire such as Chris Brogan and Tom Peters, pointing out......

No excuses, no regrets

Mar 5, 2010 3:43pm

Another tennis lesson, another life lesson. Today's aha was simple: If you want to grow, don't make excuses for your failures. While this sounds elementary, we do not live by this credo. We condition ourselves to offer up excuses when......

See me live in Seattle - Tuesday March 9 @ 7pm

Mar 4, 2010 2:01pm

If you live in greater Seattle, I'll be giving a talk at a public conference titled "New Economy Winners Summit" - Thanks to John Chen for putting this together. I love to visit Seattle, and I'm excited to get a......

The Secret of 1937

Mar 2, 2010 9:40am

These days, I'm reading the classics in motivation and leadership. They were written during and after the Great Depression (30s/40s) and influence a second round of great books in the 70s & early 80s. One of the seminal works was......

Power To The People

Mar 1, 2010 9:53am

In my first book (Love Is the Killer App) I answered the question: What is the next big trend/wave? People. They are, have always been and will always be the #1 wave you need to catch to be successful in......

No one plays to survive

Feb 26, 2010 12:00pm

I continue to learn about life from my tennis coach (Nick Matthews). "If you are just trying to get the ball back over the net, you are surviving - you are not playing in any sense of the word." He's......

Social Media Success Rule: Be Generous

Feb 25, 2010 11:55am

If you want to succeed on any social media platform, there are a few rules to follow. My first rule was to be helpful, adding gold instead of junk to the social stream. Here's the next rule: Be generous Give......

Thinking Shapes Your Leadership

Feb 23, 2010 11:40am

Here's an excerpt of a recent keynote address I gave at Serious Business 2010. This is something I'm developing for my next book: Feed your mind good stuff and be a better leader. If you can balance reality and hope......