In his book Will It Fly?, Pat Flynn shares an idea he uses to determine whether your next business idea will fly or not. His idea is for you to imagine yourself transported five years into the future. Let’s assume five years from today you find yourself at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. As you make your […]

It’s much easier to keep ideas as ideas, because there is little consequence in imagining. Frank Lloyd Wright, said, “An idea is salvation by imagination.” Good ideas are abundant, but those who are willing to take action and execute on those ideas are rare. Most people sit on their idea failing to take action because […]

Creating and building things is an art. Creating and building things that are meaningful is both art and science. When we understand what isn’t working, we can repair it. When we can see a need, we can service it. When every day counts, we can appreciate the moments. When we know what people want, we […]

The odds are most businesses will fail. We dive in anyway. It’s not rational. It’s daunting and uncertain. If we stop and consider what it’s going to take to succeed, we’d never begin. It’s funny that when I look back over my life and career so far, the moments that stand out the most, the […]