Greetings from San Francisco Bay! This week’s blog is coming to you from Alcatraz Island, to be exact, which was once home to some of the most notorious criminals in American history, including Al Capone. Not exactly where you thought I might film my next blog, right? 🙂 While on a northern California adventure with my family, I thought “the Rock” would serve as a perfect venue for my latest video. Believe or not, we as entrepreneurs and business owners have one big thing in common with the prison’s former inhabitants:
Business Development
3 Video “Aha” Moments from the Road
This week I want to start off with a formula: 2 weeks of filming + 2 different coasts + 3 separate locations = numerous plans that all had the potential to go awry. Enough to make your head spin, right? That pretty much summed up my last few weeks as I tried to juggle writing scripts, working out logistics and getting myself prepared to be in front of the camera. In the middle of this marathon, I had a bit of a reality check about the power of this medium. I want to share it with you, along with a […]
Are You Holding Yourself Back?
I’ve learned a lot of lessons from my two boys—especially how to be fearless, and play full out. It started from when they were babies jamming everything into their mouths and continues today when I watch them face new experiences undaunted. Facing a scary overgrown pitcher in Little League? Check. Skiing down Mammoth Mountain’s black diamond trails? Check and check. We were all fearless kids once. So at a certain point, many of us likely realized there were consequences to some of our actions, and we slowly started to pull back.
Do You Make This One Mistake in Your Business Planning?
I am knee-deep, head down, 175% focused on a few big weeks of filming I have coming up. With so much going on, sometimes it just feels like there’s not enough time in the day! In fact, as I write this, I’m skipping lunch to wolf down a Pure Protein Peanut Butter Bar. And apparently I’m not alone—one-third of us feel so time-crunched we don’t take a lunch break at all.