Allow to tell you about my first experience of fixing my inner head trash…
Dysfunctions, Addictions & the Financial Burning Bus – Part 4
In parts 1, 2 and 3 I told you about all the screwed-up-ness of Kevin, and me. I relayed the story I told to Kevin. And my own trip down the inner-head-trash rabbit hole.
Before all this happened I had no idea why I did certain things. “Why do I _________?” Fill in the blank:
Dysfunctions, Addictions & the Financial Burning Bus – Part 3
In parts 1 and 2 I told you about Kevin: A guy who implements even simple marketing assignments with difficulty, not because they’re hard, not because he doesn’t ‘get it’, but because somehow his shame and inner ick get in the way.
He wrote me a candid email about his battles with gambling and porn addictions. He said,
Torture vs. Inspiration
Who do you admire?
For me one of the great joys in life is to watch great athletes perform. Sure, it could be sports, like Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan. But there’s a lot of other sports.
Dysfunctions, Addictions & the Financial Burning Bus – Part 2
Here’s part 2 of Kevin’s confessional….
Perry,
After losing a couple hundred bucks gambling last night I left the casino feeling ashamed and depressed…
Dysfunctions, Addictions & the Financial Burning Bus – Part 1
Some time ago, something I wrote in my newsletter triggered a client to treat my email box as a confessional booth.
(I wouldn’t necessarily encourage this today, as any such sins would be seen by my staff before it gets to me.) Anyway, here’s Kevin’s sordid tale:
Reality Check: 2012, 88 days in
This Friday marks 90 days into 2012. The year will be 1/4 done.
What have you accomplished?
Google+ team leader defects to Microsoft, spills beans
Google’s engineering director James Whittaker defected to Microsoft, blogging that Google+ has ruined Google. He complains that the once idealistic engineering company is now obsessed with ad revenue and competing with Facebook.
I think Google does have a problem. This is not a problem for YOU as a Google advertiser; in many ways it’s good for you.
I’ll get to that in a second. But yes, it is a problem for Google. Here’s why.
80/20 Productivity Express – 60 Days Later
Our program 80/20 Productivity Express launched 2 months ago today. You went through it. How’s your productivity? Is your life working better? What do you still want to improve?
Talk to me – post your comments and stories below, I’ll read every one:
You're more powerful than you think you are.
40 years ago, a Pittsburgh metal foundry plant manager named Wayne Alderson shot a film called “Miracle of Pittron.” He said, “People who own and manage companies have huge potential to influence the world for the better. Why aren’t they using it?”
I think it’s because they don’t understand the power they wield.
YOU probably don’t understand the power you wield. You’re more powerful than you think you are: