So, which gets you more, comfort or risk? I say risk. Comfort is what we seek, but it’s risk that delivers it. Think about it, what brought you the biggest change and pleasure in your life? Was it sitting on your ass? Or was it when life kicked you in the ass? Risk adverse As [...]

Halla Tomasdottir in her TED talk speaks about how we need to do emotional due diligence. “It is people who make money, not Excel spreadsheets…” As the executive chairman and co-founder of Audur Capital she led this Icelandic investment company firm through Iceland’s economic collapse without losing money. The company’s orientation is – “a financial [...]

I have written before on how learning to be the man you want to be is much like being an entrepreneur. Bob Sutton of RobbSutton.com wrote a post that not only nails the core characteristics of being a successful entrepreneur, without knowing it he nails what it takes to be the man you want to [...]

What better way to grow than to start a business. Over the last 30 years many of my clients have been entrepreneurs. They might have been some of my most tense clients, but they were often some of the easiest to work with because they understood change. Starting and operating a business forces you to [...]

I couldn’t agree more about what Andrew Cohen is call Creative Fiction in his recent post. So often I see people attempting to be politically correct, new age or just safe in their conversations. I love it when someone is willing to risk it and possibly mess it up to speak her truth. Speaking it [...]

If you’re not happy with what you’ve got, what radical changes are you willing to make to change what you’re getting? These are the words of Seth Godin. I certainly could it say it better. He is addressing marketing, but creating radical change to produce radical results holds true for everything, including our lives. What [...]

Our homes are our place of renewal. As men we will often retreat to our homes for our R and R after what can feel like a battle out in the world. After your body, what reflects who you are? It’s likely your home for it is the place escape to, the place you invest [...]