Are you making the most of your long commute?

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“If you can cut an hourlong commute each way out of your life, it’s the [happiness] equivalent of making an extra $40,000 a year if you’re at the $50,000 to $60,000

Losing Is Good for You

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Losing Is Good for You Awards can be powerful motivators, but nonstop recognition does not inspire children to succeed. Instead, it can cause them to underachieve. I’m starting to feel

Lessons from Shark Tank

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One of the benefits of working from home from time to time is that I have the pleasure (and very often displeasure) of catching the kids just as they get

Why Big Companies Stop Innovating

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fastcompany: “Organizations develop antibodies to change. That’s why big companies stop innovating. If you’re the innovator, you’re like a virus. The antibodies want to kill you.” – Jonathan Rosenberg [Image:

Lead, Don’t Dictate

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fastcompany: Lead, don’t dictate. Just one of 9 easy-to-steal habits of the super successful.

Getting You’re Ass Coached

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The coaches I hate—that I had a visceral reaction to—were the guys who told me, ‘You’re doing a great job.’ … And allowing me to be as mediocre as mediocre

How to Get Everything You Want. Seriously

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How to Get Everything You Want. Seriously fastcompany: CEO of Likeable Local Dave Kerpen offers 7 tips that will help you be successful in everything that you do. I was

True Grit

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This past weekend, I was able to catch the movie “True Grit” on Netflix streaming (one of the few decent new movies available on Netflix streaming I might add, but

The Secret to Getting Ahead: Do Your Job

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Okay, so admit it — after my preamble about “Ambitious Mondays” you got all revved up like Daniel did in “The Karate Kid” when he heard Mr. Miyagi was going

Be the Honey Badger

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Great blog post recently by Roger Ehrenberg (@infoarbitrage) about the importance for start up founders to be like the “Honey Badger“……not just limited to founders though. Any successful entrepreneur knows