New Year's Resolution
Some time ago, I found myself apologizing to a 12 year-old boy, I’ll call him Mike. Here’s the story: his mom (a colleague of mine) had hosted me and my workshop in her town, and after the workshop she and I went out to dinner with her two kids. At one point we were talking […]
What Isn't Working
So, What Isn’t Working? I know from my own experience that denial and magical thinking are very strong tendencies in business. Take me, for example. In my typical “go for broke” habit, I can do both denial and magical thinking at the same time: I’ll never forget the moment of clarity when I realized that […]
Launch!
First, a bit of news, and then the punch. My website is finally up and running! There are plenty of tweaks I want to do to it, and continual editing and playing of course, but, in essence I am very, very happy with it. I invite everyone to check it out, and give me feedback- […]
Leadership and Change
I have some big news to tell you all, and I’ve even managed to learn a lesson from it… My wife and I are moving to Portland, Oregon on March 1, 2002. As in, just three weeks away. Wow, what a big and sudden change, Mark, what’s up? Well, here’s the lesson- To tell the […]
Too fast? Too slow?
Since I’ve been solo in my practice and I’ve broken through some personal ceilings I’ve had around the number of my clients and my earnings, I’ve been thinking about how fast can a business grow, and what’s healthy. I’ve been helped along by a chapter in Paul Hawken’s Growing a Business called “The Art of […]