Speedcoaching: Communication Key: Play the Player, Not the Cards http://ow.ly/1bghWw

Speedcoaching: Autarky is dead - Self sufficiency appears to be a worthy goal, but it's now impossible if you want t... http://ow.ly/1bfFzr

Speedcoaching: The new craftsmanship - There's always been a bright line around the craftsperson, someone who takes ... http://ow.ly/1beBea

Speedcoaching: A Word to Those Walking “Off the Beaten Path” http://ow.ly/1be8AX

Speedcoaching: How should you treat your best customers? - Here's what most businesses do with their best customers:... http://ow.ly/1bdxtq

Common sense is genius dressed up in work clothes. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Speedcoaching: Are $300 headphones worth it? - A friend wanted to buy Dr. Dre headphones. They list for about $300. ... http://ow.ly/1bcJcN

Speedcoaching: Protecting the work - In describing the role her brother played in producing one of her movies, Sofia... http://ow.ly/1bc1VL

Speedcoaching: How Badly Do You Want This? - I read a great post this week on WriteToDone.com about the discipline, ... http://ow.ly/1bbEWM

Speedcoaching: Pleasing - A motto for those doing work that matters: "We can't please everyone, in fact, we're not e... http://ow.ly/1bb3O7

Speedcoaching: The space matters - It might be a garage or a sunlit atrium, but the place you choose to do what you ... http://ow.ly/1b9ZRy

Speedcoaching: The World Wants You to be Stupid: The Headline Fallacy! http://ow.ly/1b9y17

Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator. -- Robert Orben

Speedcoaching: Unreasonable - It's unreasonable to get out of bed on a snow day, when school has been cancelled, and... http://ow.ly/1b8VEq

Speedcoaching: Tech Gets You Hired, Soft Skills Get You Fired http://ow.ly/1b8uQx

You can't talk yourself out of a problem you behave yourself into. -- Stephen Covey

Speedcoaching: All abstract strategy discussions are useless http://ow.ly/1b7Sz9

Speedcoaching: Two Simple Keys to Business Success - Last week, my buddy and fellow speaker (and marketing expert ex... http://ow.ly/1b7s6D

Speedcoaching: In and out - That's one of the most important decisions you'll make today. How much time and effort s... http://ow.ly/1b6Rhv

Speedcoaching: Texting while working - Yes, you shouldn't text while driving, or talk on the cell phone, or argue wi... http://ow.ly/1b65YK

Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it. -- Brian Tracy

Speedcoaching: Bill James and you - The guy who revolutionized baseball stats had a simple insight: past performance... http://ow.ly/1b5olh

Speedcoaching: When was the last time you bought a tie? - My guess is not lately. When you first got a fancy job, yo... http://ow.ly/1b4qsl

A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror. -- Ken Keyes

Speedcoaching: Why I don't sell Kimchi - Years ago, I put together a really cool plan to get into the artisinal kimc... http://ow.ly/1b3jG6

Ninety percent of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit. -- Paul J. Meyer

Speedcoaching: The shell game of delight - Let's try a challenging thought experiment. I'm going to pick a number be... http://ow.ly/1b2h2n

Speedcoaching: Eight Lessons from the life and work of Jack LaLanne http://ow.ly/1b1fDA

Speedcoaching: Knock it Out of the Park - I don’t much like baseball, but I really like baseball metaphors. So today... http://ow.ly/1b0PAD

Speedcoaching: Three ways to help people get things done - A friend sent me a copy of a new book about basketball co... http://ow.ly/1b0ewO

If you want your words to truly make a difference, attach them to action. - DeLores Pressley

Speedcoaching: The pleasant reassurance of new words - It's a lot easier for an organization to adopt new words than... http://ow.ly/1aZu8M

Speedcoaching: Treat different customers differently - This is difficult if you also insist on treating every custom... http://ow.ly/1aYPxL

Speedcoaching: Misjudging risk (and bad decisions) - The perception of risk is skewed when bad outcomes are vivid, p... http://ow.ly/1aXVKV

Speedcoaching: 4 Ways You (and Your Team) Can Keep Kicking Ass, Even When Things Go Wrong http://ow.ly/1aXvIl

Speedcoaching: Timing rewards - We can agree that promising a three-year old a new car when he graduates from colleg... http://ow.ly/1aWTLS

Speedcoaching: Launch it like Google - About a year after they were founded, Google was first mentioned in the New Y... http://ow.ly/1aVSeY

Speedcoaching: Do as I Say, AND as I Do - Ever hear the expression, “do as I say, not as I do?” Well, as in most ca... http://ow.ly/1aVsxC

Speedcoaching: One way to look at the internet, mobile, web and tablets http://ow.ly/1aUTlT

Speedcoaching: Cashing the check - A check in your wallet does you very little good. It represents opportunity, sure... http://ow.ly/1aTXb4

Speedcoaching: Self-destructive instructions - If you ever have to say 'lighten up' to someone, you've failed twice.... http://ow.ly/1aTfbw

Speedcoaching: The certainty premium - How much would you pay for an envelope that had a 50% chance of containing $1... http://ow.ly/1aSARp

Speedcoaching: A culture of testing - Netflix tests everything. They're very proud that they A/B test interactions, ... http://ow.ly/1aRHL6

Speedcoaching: Preparing for the New Year - (Note: This post was supposed to go out a few weeks ago, but as I mentio... http://ow.ly/1aRiTq

Speedcoaching: Raising expectations (and then dashing them) - Have you noticed how upbeat the ads for airlines and b... http://ow.ly/1aQJcJ

Speedcoaching: The Holiday Hangover Cure – Add Some Excitement to Your Life! http://ow.ly/1aQkBO

Speedcoaching: Obedience and the GPS - My Garmin gave me a route to the airport, but I had a hunch it was mistaken. ... http://ow.ly/1aPLkS

Speedcoaching: "I've got your back" - These are the words that entrepreneurs, painters, artists, statesmen, customer... http://ow.ly/1aONtP

Speedcoaching: Lost in a digital world - Allison Miller, aged 14, sends and receives 27,000 text messages a month. H... http://ow.ly/1aNQtI

Speedcoaching: Consider the category of 'without apology' - A cop with a Surefire flashlight doesn't have to say to ... http://ow.ly/1aN7Yt

Speedcoaching: The sure-fire recipe for business success - Wait, I was confused. There's a sure-fire recipe for deli... http://ow.ly/1aMsIM

Speedcoaching: The “Goldilocks Test” for Effective Goal Setting http://ow.ly/1aM8A8

Speedcoaching: Two truths about juggling - 1. Throwing is more important than catching. If you're good at throwing, ... http://ow.ly/1aLyXL

Speedcoaching: Soles - All you've got, all your brand has got, all any of us have are the memories and expectations ... http://ow.ly/1aKy7D

Speedcoaching: Five ingredients of smart online commerce - While it might be more fun to rant about broken online fo... http://ow.ly/1aJAAz

Speedcoaching: In defense of RSS - Lots of buzz today about RSS (dying or not dying). If you're not using it, can I ... http://ow.ly/1aJ7Ln

Speedcoaching: Making meetings more expensive - ...might actually make them cost less. What would happen if your org... http://ow.ly/1aIEEl

Speedcoaching: Resolution #1: No More Resolutions! - It’s January 3rd, do you know where your resolutions are…? If y... http://ow.ly/1aIhES

Speedcoaching: It's just better ketchup - In a discussion on why Heinz has such high market share for ketchup in the... http://ow.ly/1aHKl9

If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. -- Vince Lombardi

Speedcoaching: That's not the way we do things about here - Please don't underestimate how powerful this sentence is... http://ow.ly/1aH4th

Speedcoaching: Insurgents and incumbents - Incumbents compromise to please the committee and bend over backwards to ... http://ow.ly/1aGvcj

Speedcoaching: Maybe next year... - The economy will be going gangbusters Your knowledge will reach critical mass Yo... http://ow.ly/1aFPM6

Speedcoaching: YearInReview What did you ship in 2010? - This might be a useful exercise. Doesn't matter whether it... http://ow.ly/1aF1kr

A vision is a clearly-articulated, results-oriented picture of a future you intend to create. It is a dream with direction. - J Stoner Zemel

Speedcoaching: Sadly stuck with the status quo - JetBlue is ordinarily smart with their web site, which is why their... http://ow.ly/1aEawY

Speedcoaching: Folk wisdom and proofiness - "Is it feed a cold, starve a fever, or the other way around, I can never... http://ow.ly/1aDl4F

Intellectual darkness comes thru ignorance; spiritual darkness comes because of something I do not intend to obey. - Oswald Chambers

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. -- Grace Hopper

Speedcoaching: Bigger or smaller? - Every decision we make, every encounter we have... we get a choice. Are we openi... http://ow.ly/1aCx6z

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. -- Benjamin Franklin

Speedcoaching: Measuring busy-ness... - is far easier than measuring business. Busy-ness might feel good (like check... http://ow.ly/1aBUsX

Speedcoaching: Family day - If you got a Kindle today, here are some tips to get you started. A million or so people... http://ow.ly/1aBoIu

Speedcoaching: A paradox of expectations - Better than expected might be the level of quality that's necessary to su... http://ow.ly/1aAMu5

Speedcoaching: Three ways TV changed everything (and what's next) http://ow.ly/1azVMu

Speedcoaching: Just looking - The problem with browsers is that they rarely buy anything. The prospect who walks up ... http://ow.ly/1ayZNm

Speedcoaching: The first rule of doing work that matters - Go to work on a regular basis. Art is hard. Selling is ha... http://ow.ly/1ay25v

Speedcoaching: Do elite trappings create success? (Causation vs. correlation) http://ow.ly/1ax63q

Speedcoaching: Who's on your list? - Years before he filmed the Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola met Al Pacino and th... http://ow.ly/1awmhz

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things. -- Denis Diderot

Speedcoaching: What are you working on? - If someone asks you that, are you excited to tell them the answer? I hope ... http://ow.ly/1avIzo

Speedcoaching: Quote cards - Moo is now offering a series of business cards with clever epigrams from yours truly on... http://ow.ly/1aviRv

Speedcoaching: Weasel words are more difficult to get away with http://ow.ly/1auO6w

Speedcoaching: Lady Gaga and me - Do you think it bothers her that I don't listen to her music and wouldn't recogniz... http://ow.ly/1atNJS

Speedcoaching: How to organize a retreat - (actually, to steal a phrase from Alan and Bill, an advance. Retreat is t... http://ow.ly/1asKtv

Speedcoaching: High margins, Groupon and the magic basket for price differentiators http://ow.ly/1arFJk

Speedcoaching: The myth of the simple business plan - The status quo is accepted, regardless how complex, but we dem... http://ow.ly/1aqE5e

Speedcoaching: Everyone and no one - Two things are always not true: Everyone likes this. No one likes this. Sorry. ... http://ow.ly/1apSoU

Speedcoaching: "The answer is simple" - ...is always more effective a response than, "well, it's complicated." One c... http://ow.ly/1apc49

Speedcoaching: You will be misunderstood - If you want to drive yourself crazy, read the live twitter comments of an... http://ow.ly/1aofQi

Speedcoaching: 8 Ways to Do Something Great - Today is December 10th, which means the “Do Something Great in Novembe... http://ow.ly/1anPfB

Worry often gives a small thing a great shadow. -- Swedish Proverb

Speedcoaching: Alcohol Does Not Kill Brain Cells… - Yesterday I posted an article on the importance of questioning y... http://ow.ly/1ancLT

Speedcoaching: The appearance of impropriety - Marketing is actually what other people are saying about you. Like it... http://ow.ly/1andWx

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; and the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. -- Abraham Joshua Heschel

Speedcoaching: Where's your platform? - That needs to be the goal when you seek out a job. Bob Dylan earned the righ... http://ow.ly/1ama4u

Speedcoaching: The open road - I was driving on a very dangerous two-lane highway in India. More than eight hours of... http://ow.ly/1al77Q

Speedcoaching: In search of accomplices - Regular readers know that I've run a few free instensive education program... http://ow.ly/1ak4uZ

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. -- Hans Hoffmann

Speedcoaching: Living with doubt - ... is almost always more profitable than living with certainty. People don't lik... http://ow.ly/1ajhct