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The Grinch with No Process
Everyone knows about the Grinch, that angry, green guy who hated Christmas with a passion. What most people don’t know is why he had this disdain for Christmas, and that’s what I’m going to tell you about today. You see, the Grinch wasn’t always a yuletide hater; he was once an entrepreneur with a promising…
Read MoreDon’t Be a Sisy(phus)
In Greek Mythology, Sisyphus was the king of Corinth and a generally sorry guy. Famous not for his leadership but for his deceitfulness and trickery, he was kind of like Richard Nixon with superpowers. He avoided the consequences of his misdeeds by twice cheating death, but King Zeus eventually caught up with him and took…
Read MoreTraining with Power
In the 1956 edition of the Giro d’Italia, Fiorenzo Magni crashed on the 12th day of racing and broke his collarbone. Refusing to abandon the race, he wrapped his shoulder with elastic bandages and continued on, but he had a problem: to generate power on a bicycle you have to pull up on the handlebars,…
Read MoreWhen the Tide Goes Out
I was returning from a walk recently with my dogs Buddy Baker and Eddie when Hank came charging at us. Hank, my neighbor’s dog, is about 2 feet tall, 120 pounds, and looks like one of those battering rams police use to break down doors but with little alligator legs attached. Those little legs were…
Read MoreWhether the Storm
That’s not a typo. The future of your business might depend on whether you become fixated on, or chart a path through, this storm. It was 2013, and the storm clouds were brewing over my business. When I acquired the healthcare company in 2005 it was a turnaround situation, a live or die moment for…
Read MoreDo I Need a Coach?
“A coach is someone who tells you what you don’t want to hear, who has you see what you don’t want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be.” Tom Landry (Dallas Cowboys Head Coach 1966 – 1985) It’s the start of a new year, and you want to…
Read MoreManage Your People
That’s a picture of Eddie, the newest addition to the Stewart household. If Eddie looks a little guilty, it’s because he just chewed up our living-room rug. When I caught him in the act, I did the logical thing: I sat him down and said “Eddie, I’m disappointed in you. You need to perform at…
Read MoreFriends with the Pain
I rode a mountain bike race a couple of weeks ago, and half-way through I was in a lot of pain. My legs were burning, my heart was pounding, and my arm hurt from an unfortunate encounter with a tree. But in the pain, there was a certain amount of comfort. Now, I’m not some…
Read MoreBeware the Tailwind
Today, like every Saturday, I went cycling with my friends. I pedaled down to the bike shop, met the guys for a ride in the country, and then headed off for the solo ride home. After three hours on the bike, that ride home can be tough. But not today! Today I was the lucky…
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