Sometimes MBAs Miss The Point

I was listening to a Fresh Air interview with Dean Norris recently when he said something that really struck a chord. He was talking about how he prepared for a shoot-out scene in the (amazingly excellent ) television show Breaking Bad (he portrays a DEA agent). Norris relates that most law enforcement officers do not fire their weapons in…

I was listening to (watching really; it’s available on YouTube) Michael Hyatt‘s podcast on his new book Living Forward (really excited to be meeting him at the VIP meet-and-greet at the book launch*) and something struck me. Many people think, and sometimes talk about, how hard it is to change. And it is really, really…

If you fail to prepare you are preparing to fail. – John Wooden How prepared are you for today? For tomorrow? For the inevitable challenges of life? For the inevitable opportunities of life? Search your self, your soul, and answer the question truthfully. And then get busy . . .

I was talking with someone who said they weren’t really saving much anymore. He said he was using an online finances tracker that integrates with his accounts and tracks expenditures, income and assets but despite long-time use, just about everything that was coming in was going right back out. For me this begs a question:…

Zig Ziglar passed today. In honor of his many contributions I have collected a sampling of his wise words: “If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.” “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your…

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due. – William Ralph Inge To echo Inge’s brilliant sentiment, (I’ve often said:) worry is a prayer for what you don’t want. Focus on what you want. (Don’t know what you want? Figure it out. And then… yeah, you guessed it: focus on it.)