Category Archives: Tips

Broaden and Deepen Your Network Using This Simple Hack

on January 10, 2017 in Exercises, Inc.com, Leadership, Tips

Today on Inc., my fellow columnist, Dave Kerpen, CEO of Likable Media, followed up on my recent article about sending gratitude emails. He pointed out how the practice works beyond what we expected, since he promotes gratitude exercises too. Read the article to see how the practice led us to meet and immediately and easily connect because of it. In particular, we found ourselves in the middle of a tighter[…] Keep reading →

A burpee app?

on January 7, 2017 in Exercises, Fitness, Habits, Inc.com, SIDCHAs, Tips

My 2,192 Days of Burpees post and Inc. article got a lot of responses, including questions how to start from people who felt inspired by this free, zero-equipment, zero-cost, low-risk, healthy, and so on practice. One reader asked if I could recommend an app. I wrote back Glad to hear from you and that you’re inspired. I prefer not to use an app. Like brushing my teeth, I just know[…] Keep reading →

Want Results? 29 Ways to Support Your Teams

on December 9, 2016 in Inc.com, Leadership, Tips

My post on Inc.com today “Want Results? 29 Ways to Support Your Teams,” begins Want Results? 29 Ways to Support Your Teams To achieve more or rise faster, you need great teams. Teams do as well as you support them. Do you support yours enough? If you want to achieve more for yourself, to do more for your firm, or to rise to the top, teamwork will always beat what[…] Keep reading →

Fitness isn’t easy. It’s awesome.

on November 12, 2016 in Fitness, Tips

Your attitude is why your body looks the way it does—no muscle, no nothing. Your body is the physical manifestation of your mental state. I don’t mean this in some woo-woo new age way. You don’t care about what you eat, if/how you exercise, or anything. Your body reflects your apathy and complacency. When you learn to care about yourself, you’ll behave like you do. If I were you, I’d[…] Keep reading →

Less food packaging = more food variety

on October 28, 2016 in Nature, Tips

The set of packaged and unpackaged food is greater than the set of only unpackaged food. You would think that restricting your diet to avoid packaged food would lower its variety. I have found, to the contrary, that avoiding packaged food has increased the variety of food I eat. When companies choose to package food, they seem to choose to make it homogeneous too. If you want a varied diet,[…] Keep reading →

Do it first, then adjust based on experience

on October 10, 2016 in Choosing/Decision-Making, Tips

I grew up analyzing and planning. I achieved a lot—a PhD, playing at nationals, the MBA, and a bunch of other things. I get more done now. More importantly, I enjoy what I do now more. It’s more attuned to my values. Instead of analyzing and planning so much, I figure out ways to start doing things. Back then I would have worried about doing things wrong, which kept me[…] Keep reading →

How off-the-mark gifts destroy relationships, what to do about it, and how it helps you as a leader

on September 1, 2016 in Leadership, Relationships, Tips

Do you ever get a gift that’s almost what you want, but not quite? People who know me know I don’t like books, as I wrote about in “Less, please“. Sometimes someone gives me a book. I don’t want it. I can get it from the library across the street from me. Now I have to feel weird selling to a bookstore for $5 something you paid $25 for. What[…] Keep reading →

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