This article was originally published in December 2017 and was updated in April 2020 just for you. I have a superpower I want to share with you. No, it’s not Thor-like strength or the web-crawling agility of Spider-Man. But, this superpower will make you feel better, help avoid disastrous outcomes and undoubtedly make you money. Sweet, right? I’m talking about the ability to get stuff done. Here’s the deal… We all find… Continue reading
How I got 1,000 daily readers to my blog
It was a Tuesday. I had just opened up the analytics on my site - just like a hundred times before. And there it was. 1,000 visitors in one day. I was gobsmacked. I’ve been writing and publishing blogs posts… Continue reading
Five surprising lessons from starting a business in my 50’s.
“With the sheer number of baby-boomers now approaching retirement age, the era of the “olderpreneur” is upon us.” Financial Times When I was a kid people retired at 60 - 65 if they didn’t like golf. When you get old,… Continue reading
How drinking tea earned me $650,000
When I was a young river guide I drank coffee like water. The blacker the better; the more the better. It was how I got jacked up for another morning hauling around obscenely heavy equipment, stayed awake on long drives… Continue reading
How I failed to reach my 2017 goals and lessons learned
I struggle writing goals for the year. Don’t get me wrong - I’m all over project goals and making my Flight Plan for the week. But sitting down to write goals for the year makes my palms sweat and always… Continue reading
Please stop making To-Do lists that don’t work
There’s something seductive about making a list - especially at year end. Our Disney-like dream is that everything we list will - poof! - magically get done. So, we pull up a chair, grab our favourite pen, and with firm… Continue reading
How the experts create world-class PowerPoint Slides (and you can too)
We’ve all been there. We were looking forward to the presentation - it could have been a webinar, keynote speech or office meeting. And then there were the slides… …tiny fonts, long lists of indecipherable bullets, fuzzy clipart from the… Continue reading
