Being an action-oriented emailer

I’m not one of those people that hates email because it gets too overwhelming. I actually very much like email as it beats the alternative: unnecessary meetings, phone calls, etc. I see email as a terrific tool that allows me to work at my own pace, tackling tasks when they are most convenient to me. But…

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Sticking with a blog

I’ll be honest, lately it has been really hard to find time to post on this blog. Between running Dragon Army, helping with the various non-profit initiatives I’m involved in, and spending quality time with my family, writing blog posts has taken a distant back seat. So why keep it up? I think this is…

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The power of focus

The talk I gave earlier this week (here were my notes) was to a group of about 20 successful entrepreneurs. They were currently running businesses and the point of the event was for them to hear stories of passion and building momentum. One topic that they asked me a lot about was around focus. I told…

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Notes for my keynote talk today

This morning I’m giving a keynote (i.e. kickoff) talk at an event, and the theme is around “Passion”. I like talking about passion :) I decided to do something different for this talk. Instead of using slides, I’ll have no slides, but I’ll have this page of notes to help guide me. I’m also going…

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The Pop-Up Advisory Board

Earlier this week, I hit on the topic of co-founders / business partners, and advisory boards / mentors. Today I wanted to address a new concept that I recently tried out: The Pop-Up Advisory Board. A typical advisory board is a group of people that come together on a periodic basis to weigh in on…

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