Making Hay While The Sun Shines
One lesson I’ve learned over the years is that when things are going well and you’re in a groove that this is the time to double down and work harder. I don’t really buy into …
Are You Good Enough?
Recently I spoke about playing hockey growing up. It was kind of my passion as a kid and I worked hard at it. I was good, but I wasn’t “great”. By the time I hit …
Making Commitments
I’m going to share a fairly lengthy story from my youth here, so hopefully, you’ll indulge me a bit because there is a good set of takeaways at the end. When I was growing up, …
Putting The Pieces Together
When you’re just starting out building your online business or even if you’re only trying to learn how to do any form of marketing online, it can become overwhelming very quickly. There are tons of …
Unexpected Positive Outcomes
One thing I’m a big believer in is that doing the right things on a consistent basis leads to good results. It may take time, probably longer than you thought originally, but if you put …
Working With Smart People
One thing I’ve always focused on in my own business or in my professional career is working with smart people. It goes without saying that you should always hire smart folks to work for you, …
The Negativity Paradox
This might come as a shock to you, but apparently, there are some people in the online world who dislike me. I know, I know… You’re probably sitting there thinking I’m making this up and …
Keeping Up With Innovation
As I’ve mentioned before, in my day job I deal with high end enterprise IT for very large corporates, banks and government. Specifically, I focus on the transformation that’s happening in the data centre space …
You’re Not A Charity
Today I got a private message from someone saying “Can I pick your brain?” I wrote a bit about this last week in a post on how much I dislike that line and my usual …
Getting Things Done
Today was a good day. After a few months of toing and froing, I finally managed to get my book off to the printers and ordered my first proof copy. I wrote the bulk of …