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Sharing Stories from Some of My Favorite Entrepreneurs

I conducted a live to YouTube Google+ Hangout yesterday to tell some of the stories of the very cool entrepreneurs that got to know in the process of writing The Commitment Engine. I love the streaming technology and plan to use it more. During the 30 minute session I talked about How Mary and TonyContinue Reading

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Join Me Live Times Two Today

My latest book The Commitment Engine – Making Work Worth It launches this week so I am holding two live opportunities to talk about what it takes to make work worth it. I’ll cover topics like clarity, culture, community and purpose. 1) Live Hangout Presentation – I will stream a presentation – How to BuildContinue Reading

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Twin Engines for Your Business

This week my latest book, The Commitment Engine – Making Work Worth It, ships in the U.S. The central theme of the book is purpose – or more specifically, how to get very clear about why you do what you do, how to bring that to your business and how to attract and build aContinue Reading

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The Cynics Guide to The Commitment Engine

I have a new book coming October 11th called The Commitment Engine – Making Work Worth It. I know, I know, I’ve talked a lot about it lately, but bear with me. The book is a more personal look at some of the important elements of building a business that serves your life and there’sContinue Reading

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Real and Raw Stories About Being an Entrepreneur

I’ve been collecting stories of late about what it means to be an entrepreneur, about what work means, about value, purpose and passion. I started asking people about their work and about what makes work worth it to them. I’ve collected many of these stories and find them both inspirational and quite telling about theContinue Reading

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Clarity Makes the Best Strategy

I’ve made a bit of a career out of talking with, listening to and understanding entrepreneurs and small business owners. I’ve worked with thousands of you over the past twenty plus years or so and at some point most of the discussion I’ve had center on the idea of strategy. It’s something I’m absolutely fascinatedContinue Reading

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Do What You’re Good At and the Money Will Follow

There’s a well-worn line of thought in entrepreneurial circles that suggests that if do what you love, the money will come. This one phrase has probably done more to hold business owners back from discovering their greatness than anything else I can imagine. Not only is untrue it’s terribly limiting and painfully shortsighted. The thing [...]

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Introducing The Commitment Engine

As you can see from the image here, my third book – The Commitment Engine – Making Work Worth It is just about ready to go. And, I would like to give you a free copy! A bit more on that in a minute, but first, what’s the book about? This book is undoubtedly the [...]

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What Makes Work Worth It To You

The title of this post might be one of the most important questions that entrepreneurs never ask – or at least fail to consider the answer to frequently enough. Truly understanding the answer to this question may define the difference between a feeling of success or failure in business – regardless of how well a [...]

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How to Remain Human In a Technology Flattened World

The way we work, shop, meet and collaborate has changed forever. We now possess the technology that makes the need to meet face to face in the traditional business sense a thing of the past. Equipped with text messaging, instant messaging, video messaging, and a host of web based tools for project and client management [...]

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