When I was writing my book, Do a Day, I had written a fairly long and, let’s just say, impassioned section on drinking alcohol. It was a bit of an aside that took the chapter down a path of less coherence and strength, and my editor rightly suggested taking it …

Here’s why having goals mean you can’t have chance encounters with opportunity I was recently did a podcast appearance where the host asked me a challenging question I had never really contemplated before when I was talking about setting meaningful goals. He asked if all the setting and focusing on goalsremoved any opportunity …

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 …

It’s never too late to break the cycle and make a full recovery. I’ve written before about the importance of ruthlessly prioritizing to find as much success as possible in your career. The paradox is that, by doing less, you achieve more. Do less of the noise to get to …

Statistically, founding a startup is tough–especially for younger entrepreneurs. Here are four tips to help younger founders get there. Being an entrepreneur can be tough even when you have years of experience under your belt. And most do–according to the non-profit think tank, the Kauffman Foundation, the average of a …

This article is a longer version of a piece I originally wrote for Inc. Magazine and on my blog. I have traveled a lot over my career–it is often an every-week situation with two to four flights, hours of driving, multiple hotels in the same week, early mornings and late …

Human nature makes change hard to deal with for any employee, but you can overcome that and lead your team forward. Have you ever been given a short cut from your normal route only to feel like it took much longer than your normal route? Have you looked at the …

Creating a clear mental image of your ultimate goal allows you to map all the steps you need to take. The night before I started writing my first book, I was on a call with a mentor I’ve turned to for advice and guidance. He asked me about my ultimate …

Success depends on more than confidence–you need to see the challenges, adapt, and move forward. Back in 2013, The New Yorker published a piece about a number of studies showing that startup founders are notoriously overconfident, and how this was crucial for their success. My Inc.com colleague Geoffrey James responded with a great article with five steps …

Taking action before it’s forced to could be a smart move for Apple. Here’s why it isn’t. Just as the public attention to “Battery-gate” was dying down (or is it?), Apple faced yet another controversy that has yet to earn a “-gate” name. Two large, institutional investors publicly called for …