Failure is scary. We might get called out. We might look like a fool. We might become a laughing stock. We might embarrass ourselves in front of someone. We might end up regretting it for a long, long time. Many of us choose to simply remain safely mired in the status quo rather than run the risk of failing. But, …

Think back to the last time you really had a great time doing your job. Everyone involved was happy. There were no unexpected hiccups. Things went off without a hitch. You enjoyed yourself. The clients and everyone else involved were pleased with the results. Time really flew by while you were working, and people reached out afterwards to let you …

It’s a race we can’t possible ever win, but that doesn’t keep almost everyone from trying. No matter how cheap we make our products; No matter how little we do for our customers; No matter how close to the minimum standards we tread; No matter how much we try to squeeze out of less and less, There’s always someone else …

Some things we do are good for our future, creating opportunities and opening new doors. It might be hard the first time we stand in front of everyone to give that presentation, step up on that podium, or put our stuff out there for everyone to see, but the tenth time we do it is easier. And by the twentieth …

It’s easy for us to do the same thing; we’ve done it hundreds or thousands of times before. It’s a well-worn habit. Old hat. Muscle memory. No risk involved. I’ve got this. But what about going out on a limb and trying something new? Now, that’s a different story. Doing so involves risk. It might not work. We’re going to …

Everyone else out there is having problems, just like us. Everyone else out there is wondering why it’s not working, just like us. Everyone else out there is doubting themselves, just like us. Everyone else out there is questioning their career path, just like us. Everyone else out there is jealous of someone else’s success, just like us. Everyone else …

Online marketing is important. It drives almost every business out there in our always-on world. You’d be hard pressed to find any new business that doesn’t engage in online marketing in some form or fashion. SEO, click-through rate, A/B testing, organic traffic, automation, keywords, cost per click: it’s a totally new language with a plethora of things to know and …

Whenever something bad happens, we tend to focus all our attention on that issue: the thing we overlooked, the deadline we missed, the statement that we never should have made. While those things are important, we’d be much better served by looking back at the multitude of decisions we made before that fateful moment, that led us down the trail …

Politics. One of the numerous definitions of politics (from Cambridge.org) is “the activities of people who are trying to obtain an advantage within a group or organization.” In today’s always on, always live, always broadcast to the masses world, everything is politics, and everyone is angling for that advantage. What if, just once, someone would do something for the benefit …

We’ve all got them: a list of things we want to do, things we want to be, things we want to accomplish. We may have them handwritten in a journal, stored digitally somewhere on our phone, or ever-present in the back of our mind. But, they’re there. The problem is that, all too often, that’s exactly where they stay. We …