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Hiked from Aspen to Crested Butte for Sonya's birthday! Partied with friends for 3 days in Crested Butte. So fun. That pic above was so rewarding. Hiking up to that point was grueling from Aspen and the climb took the wind out of me and pushed my legs to lots of pain. But the view was ridiculously N
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One of the best kept secrets of raising money is that funding is always easier when a project is already under way. ~ Robert Ringer, Action You can paint a picture of something that will materialize or you can get to work and turn your idea into assets and reality. The
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Jeeping in Ouray, CO. Sonya got me a cool bamboo hoodie from Huckberry.
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I love this story of Jim Collins meeting Peter Drucker in their first encounter and Drucker's respective challenge to Collins: "My first meeting with Drucker is one of the the ten most significant days of my life ... " "... At the end of the day, Peter hit
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In partnering and coaching with business owners, the number one conversation we have is around getting the right employees with the right fit. It's hard and noone bats 100%. People are wildcards. However, with a system for recruiting, hiring and onboarding, you can minimize the chances of a
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I was reading an email from a friend about one solution to the tyranny vs. freedom agendas at play in our society. The solution is to create our own institutions to escape propaganda and dummying down our kids. I gave some tips previously about how I am participating to help
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On the theme of launching, I think one of the inverted conversations I find myself in is helping friends and young people value relationships more than money. Business is people. People do business with you because: 1. They like you 2. They know what you do That's it.
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I have been in lots of conversations with my adult children, with Sonya and my friends and their adult children about launching. One thing I find is that our kids get a lot of bad and outdated advice. They have well meaning, but ignorant people telling them to stay on
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I often wonder when we meet people how many opportunities go undiscovered. Could there have been conversations that happened which did not? Would a few key questions open up worlds of discovery about a person and what they have done or are doing? I like learning about people and what
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A quick Monday tip when you want to create new opportunities. This has been a business approach and philosophy I have employed for over 25+ years and I feel like my life and business have been rewarding because I focus on helping people specifically, often and with impact. Here'
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The customer is not always right. That would assume that all people are rational. And, from mere observation, you can see how irrational the world is. The customer is right a lot, but here's one scenario as a business person that should be handled with truth more than
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When you remove the complexity, even the slightest effort can move what matters forward. - Greg McKeown When we are enterprising and building a business, there's a lot of work in process that can clutter the field. Operations, processes and tools can be laying everywhere. Soon, before we