Winning = Increasing APM Yesterday I wrote about gamification of your day. Did you ever notice that when Steve Jobs was alive, he always wore the same outfit every day? It was his uniform. Jeans and a black turtleneck. In fact, it is hard to find a photo of him not...
Daily Gaming I’ve had a few friends ask me how the 20 pull-up challenge is going. My answer is… “it’s going.” I recorded a test this past weekend to see where I was. 12.5 This is good, but truthfully I was a bit disappointed. I had hoped to be at least up to 15 by...
What do you do? Really? I get that question more than you might think. People hear me doing a live radio show, or watch a video with my kids in some foreign country, or see me up on a stage handing over big checks at Impact Club, or walk by my office downtown, or read...
It’s Not Practical or Realistic Growing up in Sitka, Alaska had many perks. You could go out to one of the hundreds of islands and have it all to yourself. You were surrounded by natural beauty. There wasn’t much crime to worry about. All your friends went to...
Nip It in the Bud (Butt) It’s embarrassing. But unavoidable. It’s in my DNA. I am constantly butchering the English language. I combine words that shouldn’t be combined. I mix up common phases. (Which my wife just pointed out should read “common phrases”). Even with...
A “HELL YEAH!” moment My friend and business partner with Impact Club challenged me to write an Impact of the Day, every day, for 90+ days straight. I accepted. I’m a few weeks into the challenge. Ryan Fletcher has nicknamed these daily writings as IODs (Impact of the...