Storytelling is often one of the most effective yet underutilized ways to take an organization, firm, or small business from ordinary to extraordinary. Typically the underutilization of this art can be due to a misunderstanding of storytelling, how to get direct results from your efforts, or several similar reasons. No matter the case, […]
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Over the last few years, I’ve come across many quotes that have fundamentally changed the way I think about life, philosophy, entrepreneurship, fitness, and other aspects of life. I’ve compiled this list for some time and have never felt like I’ve had a sufficient outlet or digital space to put these quotes and ideas. As
30 days of blogging. Wow. I am so glad I took on this challenge and that it is part of the Praxis curriculum. Blogging is something that I would not have thought would be as impactful and helpful as it was. Not only do ones writing skills improve vastly, but ones creative and ideation process
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The line between ordinary and extraordinary is what many people spend their lives examining. A noble pursuit. However, being exceptional, extraordinary, or achieving any level of greatness is subjective, right? Yes and no. Cultural success is not subjective, the only objective. If you achieve extraordinary things, no one cares whether or not you believe they
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As individuals who strive to be better and achieve a higher meaning in life, we often consume books that are related to our fields or that interest us in a nonfictional sense. However, it is interesting to read fictional book every once in a while because it takes us into another dimension of life. It
Steve Jobs was one of the best entrepreneurs and tech designers in history after one looks at what he built and apples succsess. However, for those that may not know, Steve happened to have a semi-controversial past in leadership roles and creating things at Apple. He has been known to occasionally work people extremely hard
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Long term versus short term. Gary Vaynerchuck refers to these as macro and micro through his content which has helped me learn the difference and why they are both critical. Macro actions are decisions that affect and change your quarter to quarter, year to year, or decade to decade results and micro-actions. These decisions are
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I study and talk about a lot of global leaders who are famous and have made a huge mark on the world, and it’s for a good reason. But recently, I also realized that there are some pretty amazing leaders right around me, in my family and my community. I decided to sit down with
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Murphy’s Law was introduced to me through a movie called Interstellar, and in the film, Mathew McConaughey talks about all things going drastically wrong if they are allowed to. The law merely states this: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible moment. What a depressing law. It was named
Growing up, I didn’t really know what I wanted to do in life. I hustled around the neighborhood as a kid selling chocolate bars, trading and selling Pokemon cards, as well as action figures and card games. I dog-sat, housesat, mowed lawns, landscaped, sold candy in school, bought and sold shoes, and worked the system
