You can certainly head down the road not really knowing what your values are, but it’s never going to get you anywhere good. For many years, my favorite college football team had an incredible coach.  He was revered by fans, players, and coaches across the country.  ... read more...

Values are the infrastructure or highway system we travel on to reach our goal. If my family and I were taking a road trip to Disneyland from our home in Utah, we would have two choices. We could pull out of our driveway, point our car southwest, and begin to drive through... read more...

Discovering Your Own BeaconWe humans were not designed to sit back and be idle. We are wired to push ourselves to do things of great significance. Steve Jobs made this point in a commencement speech he delivered at Stanford in 2005: You’ve got to find what you love. And... read more...

Never pick your zits when you’re a teenager, and especially not when you’re in business. Several years ago a delightful young woman came up to me dressed in a white dress and a bright smile. She looked me straight in the eyes and started talking. Then about thirty seconds... read more...

I have a friend and business associate who usually introduces me as a nerd—he assures me it’s a good thing. Last week I sat on a panel and was not called a nerd. Instead, this associate said, “I am pimping out Rich.” (Hum, is that a better intro?) He went on to say... read more...