by Scott Anderson | May 12, 2017 | Coaching, Essential Reading, Personal Enrichment, Playing Big, Uncategorized
In last week’s post, we talked about why waiting—putting off our goals and dreams until some arbitrary future date—is often a waste of precious time. Sometimes, all we need is to look at things in a completely new way. A few years ago I had a great coach named...
by Scott Anderson | May 3, 2017 | Essential Reading, Personal Enrichment, Playing Big, Uncategorized
How often have we heard that we need to have a five-year plan or a 10-year plan? Several things have occurred recently that made me think about why we wait. The rationale for waiting is typically completely made up. I started thinking about all the time I’ve...
by Scott Anderson | Jul 20, 2016 | Coaching, Personal Enrichment, Playing Big, Uncategorized
As my summer winds slowly towards August, I’ve been thinking about some of the things I’ve learned that you might find useful. (I’m assuming you don’t care who makes the best cannoli in Rovereto. Let me know if I’m wrong and I’ll send you my list of...
by Scott Anderson | Jun 22, 2016 | Coaching, Leadership, Personal Enrichment, Playing Big, Uncategorized
There’s an old expression that “there are riches in niches,” and it’s true; domination of a niche can increase entrepreneurial businesses’ results by an order of magnitude. A great example is Nebraska “experiential branding” agency SecretPenguin, which specializes in...
by Scott Anderson | May 8, 2015 | Personal Enrichment
How much are your daily thoughts, feelings, and actions ruled by fear? If you don’t do a lot of risky or “extreme” activities you might be thinking, “oh, not at all.” But that’s not the kind of fear I’m talking about. The fears I’m talking about are like small pebbles...