My Inc. post today, “What’s Wrong With Business Plan Competitions: A Student View,” begins What’s Wrong With Business Plan Competitions: A Student View More reasons business plan competitions hurt entrepreneurship: from a student they’re supposed to help I’ve written in Inc. before about problems with business plan competitions. Most voices promote them as unerringly valuable to students and entrepreneurship in general. I’m presenting a contrary voice from an important source–a[…] Keep reading →

My Inc. article yesterday reflected my journey from a pipe-dream I had in business school of starting a vodka brand to meeting the CEO of Absolut’s attempt to regain the lead it lost decades ago, Jonas Tahlin. He’s taking on the challenge in part by connecting himself personally with the brand. He has lots of resources but a lot to lose. The article, “So You Want to Build a Luxury[…] Keep reading →

My Inc. article today, “Why Do We Dream Big About Everything Except Changing Our Behavior to Pollute Less?,” responded to a New York Times opinion piece yesterday that I found lame, even sad. My piece begins Why Do We Dream Big About Everything Except Changing Our Behavior to Pollute Less? A New York Times editorial illustrates our limited vision about our shared world Inc. readers are resourceful. We dream big.[…] Keep reading →

My Inc. article yesterday “365 days without flying,” began 365 Days Without Flying Leadership means taking responsibility for my actions and empathy for those affected It’s so easy to think greenhouse gases come from “other people,” but when I learned that a flight across the country polluted roughly one year of driving, I could no longer tell myself flying wasn’t that big a deal. So I told myself I would[…] Keep reading →

My Inc. post today, “Emotional Obesity and Making Yourself Emotionally Fit and Authentic,” begins Emotional Obesity and Making Yourself Emotionally Fit and Authentic Laura Coe’s book, Emotional Obesity, and podcast, The Art of Authenticity, address your mind’s fitness like your body’s Can you think of anyone in a leadership position who seems inauthentic? Do you like your leaders inauthentic? We are skeptical of leaders who lack authenticity. They seem to[…] Keep reading →

I decided to post my regular 10,000-burpee increment update on Inc. first this time. I’m only supposed to sample the beginning of the article when it first goes up. So click to my Inc. post, “90,000 Burpees Today,” which begins 90,000 Burpees Today I started my daily burpee habit in December 2011. Today I hit my 90,000th. I’m a 45-year old man and I’ve done burpees every day since December[…] Keep reading →

My Inc. article today, “How This 19-Year-Old Entrepreneur Made Himself a Media Darling,” begins How This 19-Year-Old Entrepreneur Made Himself a Media Darling Rarely does someone who succeeds through genuine, authentic helpfulness. His strategy is the opposite of most people’s expectations. Do you like seeing your name in print? Do you want to market yourself or something you do? When you write a column in a prominent outlet like Inc.[…] Keep reading →

My Inc. article today, “2,499 Blog Posts and What I Learned Writing Them,” began 2,499 Blog Posts and What I Learned Writing Them Today will mark my 2,500th blog post, without missing a day since January 2011 2,225 days ago, on January 29th, 2011, I wrote my first blog post of a daily streak I have continued to today and expect to continue until I can’t. WordPress users will recognize[…] Keep reading →

On top of my column with Inc., I did a series of videos in their Inc. Video: The Playbook series. Other speakers in the series include Tim Ferriss and Tony Robbins. Yesterday we posted a video of me: How to Get Your Employees to Work With Passion subtitled Joshua Spodek, author of Leadership Step By Step, explains the importance of making members of your team comfortable sharing their motivations with[…] Keep reading →