We spend way too much time waiting for our endeavors to pay off. Just because we’ve decided to do something doesn’t mean that it’s automatically going to work. We can’t just simply wave a magic wand and start reaping the benefits. We’ve got to put in the work. Our world doesn’t simply give things to us. It only gives back.

We’re all constantly coming up with new ideas. We think that they’re good ones, but, really, how will we ever know? The problem is, that for most of us they remain just that: ideas. We keep them relegated to the safety of our imagination. We’re too afraid, too intimidated, or too overwhelmed to try them out. Without actually putting our …

Do we really love what we do for a living? If we do, then we transform from just being a person with a job into something akin to being an artist. We get to create something beautiful every day of our career. What if we don’t love what we do? Then we’re not creating; we’re just working. We’re simply earning …

We’ve got more time-saving tips, tricks, and hacks available than ever before. A minute here, an hour there; we’re saving more time now than at any point in history! With all this extra time we’re saving, it seems like we’d be rolling in it, with enough extra hours in the day to check off all those wish list items we’ve …

Many of the items we buy nowadays (and a lot of the things we are selling) are bigger. To quote Billy Idol (and his guitarist Steve Stevens, who cowrote the song Rebel Yell): “More, more, more!” But more isn’t always better. In fact, most companies give us more simply because they’re trying to mask the fact that their products aren’t …

Some people are blessed with a quick wit: the ability to come up with the right thing to say at exactly the precise moment when it’s impact is the most advantageous. Most of us, though, don’t share that same blessing. We can come up with the right phrase, the funny joke, the appropriate comment, but all too often we’re a …

If we’re doing anything productive with our life, we’re going to have to deal with problems and criticism. It’s just part of the deal. But too often, we let these transient issues take over our life. We pout. We sulk. We get angry. We dwell on them for far too long. In his book “Do The Work”, author Steven Pressfield …

No one wants you to be authentic; they want you to be consistent. Seth Godin Almost every one of us are doing a job that’s similar to the one of someone else. There are very few people in the world that are doing something truly unique. We’re all replicating the work of those that have gone before us, which means …

Looking back on this year, I can see that I’m a professional who’s been blessed to have learned a lot about what I do for a living. I’m also fortunate enough to understand that there’s still a great deal of information that I’ve yet to master. Looking toward next year, I don’t see much changing on that front. Always keep …

Almost every one of us works for a living. We do what we do to put food on our tables, keep a roof over our heads, and support our families. We work because it’s what we do. We selected our chosen profession because it provides us with value: we end up with more money coming in from our enterprise than …