Challenges

When I started work on my book, Do a Day, I had a vision of being on stage doing a TED talk. on March 6th, that vision became a reality. Well, mostly. My vision was to be on the big TED stage, and I did a TEDx event, but it’s close …

A big mistake at work doesn’t have to be your undoing–unless you allow it to be. Have you made a mistake at your job so bad that you think you’ll get fired? If not fired, maybe you feet you did something to guarantee you’ll never get a promotion. Everyone makes …

Despite all you may be subjected to, there is real value in working for a bad boss if you want to become a great one. Once upon a time, I had a bad boss. A terrible boss. An insecure, mean, vengeful boss. She liked to drop offensive and demeaning comments …

If you don’t know, I’m vegan. And I haven’t been for long (since January). If you did know, then now you know even more. I’m not going to talk about why I’m vegan in this post (I did that before). Instead, I’m going to focus on how I’m vegan. OK, …

I have decided to run my first full marathon (the 2015 Chicago Marathon), but I want to do more than run — I want to help run St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. That’s why I’m committed to raising funds as a St. Jude Hero. I’m ready to go the distance, …

For those who don’t know my backstory, one key piece of it is that my wife has a chronic illness called Lyme Disease.  It’s a tick-borne illness that effects the immune system and is typified by systemic symptoms such as joint pain, exhaustion, headaches, anxiety, general aches and pain, etc. …

I like to give myself major, overarching goals for each year (#4 from my 10 Principles is to set goals, both near and far – this covers the ‘far’ part based upon which you set your ‘near’ goals).  My first time doing it, my goals were around the makeup of …

What the heck is #CUYOP? Why is there a hash tag on it? CUYOP stands for Commute Under Your Own Power.  I put a hash tag because I think we should be doing it and tweeting about it to get awareness and interest up. I’ve started doing a mix of …

Remember the my first of my 10 principles – track it! You need to set goals (#4), and you can’t know how you’re doing in your quest to achieve them without knowing where you started from or where you are along the journey.  Today, the first day of the year, …