Influential books

Recently I wrote a post about how sometimes the difference between first and second place, the difference between success and failure is so small is is barely noticeable but it is indeed there. The post was inspired by the book “212 – The Extra Degree” by Sam Parker. This got Continue Reading →

Ten Crack Commandments and business today

I am a big fan of the Tropical MBA podcast. This week on Episode 50 they opened they podcast with a segment I thought was brilliant where they took the Ten Crack Commandments from Notorious B.I.G. and showed how they still hold true today for those of us who do Continue Reading →

Special Delivery Instructions on pizza boxes

I keep hearing about people usung the pizza special delivery instructions box demanding their pizza orders be delivered with special request drawings on the box. I have even heard the demands of poems or haikus to be on the box at the time of delivery. I have heard of people Continue Reading →

Turning it up to 11

This is spinal tap turn it up to 11

Last night Brenna and I went to see the movie “Rush” which is a re-creation of the merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One race car rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Lauda is a cool, calculating technical genius who relies on precision. At the 1976 German Grand Prix at Nürburgring, Continue Reading →