more options ≠ better results
more options cloud your ability to make decisions that generate leverage. for a long time, limited budgets protected business owners from facing this problem. that constraint is now gone
perspectives on entrepreneurship
Momentum, resilience, leverage and the inner work of running a business.
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Supply, Demand, and the Psychology of Leverage
In the spirit of one of the most commercially incentivized holidays of the year, let’s talk about the foundation of business — Supply and Demand. i.e. the exchange of value. Person A wants something. …
What nature can teach you about resilience in your business
There’s a lesson I received many years ago from a spiritual teacher. He spoke of the seasons of life within relationships, projects, all things that carry meaning. The analogy he used was a fruit …
You can see the future. But can you build for it?
It’s easy to talk about innovation. It's much harder to create the conditions that allow innovation to take root. We celebrate breakthrough ideas. But we seldom think about what it takes to welcome them.
The Art of Momentum: Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.
Everyone’s got ideas. Access isn’t the problem. The real challenge is staying in motion long enough to see them through. Momentum is what makes the difference.
Business as Self-Actualization: Limitations force creative solutions
The measure of our growth is directly proportionate to the parameters we choose to either accept or challenge. Business is a mechanism for testing, integrating, and expressing our values, beliefs, and identiti
Duende: The Secret Power of the Soul
Duende is apparent in people who devote their entire lives to the work they do. When they are given a chance to share themselves, a current of palpable presence flows, rich in story, beauty, …
The fear of being seen
It's a very difficult thing, to create art for profit, because quite often, it goes against the very reason you started creating. I think some people are afraid of what they will lose as they …
Code of Honor: The ethics of engaging
Business closely resembles contact sports. Hand to hand, who can stay their ground? The value you provide is determined by your belief in yourself, your capacities, your role as a player in the game. …