Leadership

Wow, Meh, or Bleh – the choice is yours. We all want to be wowed in life. We’re all looking for wow moments.What is wow? My definition, taken from Michael Hyatt’s excellent post on the subject, is “exceeding expectations.”Think about it. My wife and I get a babysitter, make our way to the movie theater, […]

The Beatles have a song called “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”. It’s an upbeat tune about a series of cruel murders committed by a young man with seemingly paranormal abilities named Maxwell. Granted, it’s a weird story, but over the years it’s almost become a myth. Today the idea of “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” means something a bit different.

So much time is spent thinking about what I want. And there comes a certain point in life when you start to feel like your ability to perform and make a living are threatened. You’re getting older. You feel like your opportunities are shrinking. And then you start hanging on so dearly to what you

12 years ago, I had a few problems. I was faced with the responsibilities of marriage, fatherhood, and work. And as much as I tried to do my best in these areas, I just couldn’t figure out why life wasn’t going my way. I wanted to have steady income and be successful as an artist

You’re worth something. You need to hear that today. There’s value in who you are. There’s something unique in you, and the world needs to know about it. So go paint a picture, write a song, or do a dance, and wait for the world to change. Sounds like a plan, right? Not as easy

I have a problem. I struggle with the need to be valued by my peers every day. I often find myself looking for that one bit of validation, that “like” on Facebook, that comment on my blog, so I can keep on going. I struggle with approval addiction. Do you? Looking to get better at managing

Do you ever feel a nag that you should be addressing something in your life? Like eating better or exercising? Do you tell yourself that you’ll get to that stuff later on, when you have more time or money? Or maybe you’ve finally realized that that kind of thinking doesn’t work. You know you need

In the 1995 groundbreaking digital animation film Toy Story, we got to see a different kind of Disney movie. Pixar, who created the film for Disney, broke the rules by using their own “secret story guidelines” to tell the story. These guidelines differed from the way Disney was used to making films – in fact,