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Evolution is inevitable. On the personal side, at least. But professionally, if our work is the same it was a year ago, if what we do hasn’t evolved with who we are, we’re in trouble. Some of us fail to renew because we’re lazy. Others because we’re comfortable with the current level of our success and don’t want to let go of what’s working. Some fail to renew because…

[ View the infographic! ] “Everyone should wear nametags, all the time, everywhere, forever.” That’s my thesis, philosophy, dangerous idea and theory of the universe. My name is Scott, and I’ve been wearing a nametag for past four thousand days. And after traveling to hundreds of cities, a dozen countries, four continents, meeting tens of thousands of people, constant experimentation and observation, building a enterprise and writing a dozen…

Humans love to say they’ll never do things. Until one day, before we know it, we’re doing it. The arbitrary boundary we set for ourselves fades away like a fart in the wind. And our grand intentions of abstinence turn out to be grand delusions of obstinance. Moments like these aren’t just important — they’re inevitable. They teach us that life is a subjective experience. They show us that…

Dreaming is the easy part. The human imagination has no trouble with that. What kills us is when we demand excessive permission to make our dreams a reality. Because we wouldn’t dare follow our heart’s desire until we were ready, until the time was right, until we had enough money, until all the planets were aligned and until the risk of failure was minimized. No, that would just be…

I was flying to Denver when it happened. I was preparing my notes for a speech called, The Entrepreneur’s Dilemma. The focus of the presentation was how loneliness was an inevitable landmark of the entrepreneurial landscape, and how to manage it. A topic near and dear to my heart. The guy next to me couldn’t help but notice my screen. After about twenty minutes of sneaking glances, he finally…

We’ll never run out of reasons not to do something. Our capacity to rationalize our way out of anything will always be available. Human beings, more than any other species, have an infinite ability to procrastinate their way to inaction. We can put things off like bumblebees can fly. Eventually, though, we have to decide. To move our dreams out of dream form, we have to figure out what’s…

I recently chatted with woman who ran a mom and pop garden center. When we got on the topic of word of mouth, Ellen bragged about how her customers rarely told people about her plants. I was confused. Anonymity didn’t seem like something to be proud of. Until she told me what one of her customers told her. “I love your flowers, so please don’t send me your catalogs….

It’s hard to be healthy alone. When it’s just us, there’s no accountability. Nobody to keep us conscious of portion control. Nobody to meet us at the gym before work. Nobody to remind us that we don’t need another drink. When it’s just us, there’s no incentive. Nobody to motivate us to get better. Nobody to celebrate with us when we reach our goal. Nobody to bust our chops…

Not everybody reflects. Thanks to our backwards school system, most of us were never taught us how to reflect. Only to sit in straight rows, follow the rules, solve the next problem, memorize meaningless facts, take the test, accept our grade and move on to the next assignment. God forbid we stop for a moment to look back on life. No, that would require independent critical thinking. That might…

[ View the infographic! ] “Everyone should wear nametags, all the time, everywhere, forever.” That’s my thesis, philosophy, dangerous idea and theory of the universe. My name is Scott, and I’ve been wearing a nametag for past four thousand days. And after traveling to hundreds of cities, a dozen countries, four continents, meeting tens of thousands of people, constant experimentation and observation, building a enterprise and writing a dozen…