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Mind the Door This Holiday Season
We are headed into the final push of serving our customers during a holiday rush. I think it's possible that this season could be one of the most challenging we faced in a long time. Why? Because the customer emotions may be running hotter and the pocketbooks may be running thinner. What does that mean? It...

Shake Your Brain: The Opportunity of Choice
Today's guest is an Olympic 400 meter hurdler and the founder of the Believe Institute. As if that wasn't enough to catch your interest right out of the gate, she's also a past contestant on the Amazing Race Canada. From the moment I met Sarah, her energy and enthusiasm gave...

Shake Your Brain: Don’t Dwell on the Difficult
In this episode, I invite the dynamic duo of Thom Singer and Eliz Greene. They both have an interesting background, which you can read on the show page, but the part I want to highlight in this short video introduction, is their series called the Webinar Talk Show where they interview a variety of industry specialists...

When Is the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?
Recently, I stumbled upon an article that contains 40 photos that capture people experiencing things for the first time. My favorites? Baby meets a dog Soldier meets his daughter First ever snow This creative piece made me stop and think about how long it’s been since I did anything for the first time. When we are children, it happens...

Shake Your Brain: Nobody Knows Nothin’ About Nothin’
Today's guest is a renowned business strategist and a New York Times bestselling author of six books. He's been an advisor to more than 700 companies since 1994, including Caterpillar, Nike, the United Nations and 36 fortune 500. On top of all that he has started five multimillion dollar businesses from scratch. Now, undoubtedly,...

Shake Your Brain: The Conversation that Started It All
Welcome to my new series called Shake Your Brain: How good ideas happen. Each episode features a quick interview with someone I find interesting, and I've given them the challenge to tell me “what you've been thinking about lately that might make me say, Oh, that's good!” My first guest...

Be A Brighter Flashlight
I'm launching a new mini-series soon and it's truly changed the way I'm thinking about things these days. Where did it all begin? It started by building a "brighter flashlight" to find my way through these uncertain times. Sharing some thoughts with you about all this in my latest video...

What Does Happiness Look Like?
Most of my August was spent in stillness. Quiet contemplation of life and an escape from the noise of our current world. While I was lounging in an Adirondack chair watching sailboats go by in one my favorite places on earth—Door County, Wisconsin—I was reminded that many people need a...

That Tree: What Can You Go Harvest After the Storm?
Several years ago, I discovered That Tree, and I followed its journey through Mark Hirsch's beautiful book and photography. Which is why I was devastated to learn that That Tree was felled by the massive storm that swept across the midwest recently. I'd seen it for myself once before, and...
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