“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, you retire. This was an irrefutable fact of life...
Today was a good day. I did very little work. But don’t get me wrong…it was a really productive day. Let me explain. Recent research has looked at how many hours we are actually productive at work. And how much time is spent being distracted. The results are sort of...
I just wrote my final email to my 2017 BOSS students. And there’s a bit in there I thought you might like. BOSS is an 8-week speaker training program I offer once a year. But it’s more than a bunch of videos - we have weekly calls, guest speakers, coaching and a...
I just got off the phone with a student in my BOSS program. She needed tough love. She was running around in cerebral circles thinking of all the things she should be doing, could be doing, to move her speaking business forward and then - just as quickly - coming up...
Sometimes it pays to get advice. Maybe you want to volunteer overseas, buy a real camera, or take up meditation. You could do it on your own, but it could be frustrating, expensive, or not get you the results you want. It's the same with building your first online...
I’m sorry, Houston, but we have a problem. Of all the weird wiring society has dumped on us, Go Big or Go Home is the most twisted. And it’s everywhere. Go big in fitness. Go big in business. Go big in money, cars, sports, homes, and chest size. And the media loves Go...
We’ve all been there - cringing in our seats - thinking “Will this ever end?”. Yes, it’s the speaker from hell. Maybe they’ve got great content - even lessons we haven’t heard before. But their delivery is so finger-nails-on-chalkboard bad we’re missing it all. I had...