Men 2.0

Brian and I recently joined forces to create a personal development blog specifically for men. It's still in the design process but you can check out what we have so far here: http://men2p0.blogspot.ca/

I've been wanting to do something with the guy for a while now and I think this will be the first stay for greater and better things.

The Worse Thing I Ever Said

Every end of a school year, my friends and I would meet to burn our school papers and books. This ritual ended when I graduated from Highschool. That's when I said the worse thing I ever said... I said "I will never read a book again!" and for a while, I followed through on that promise. I went through my college years barely opening the books I had bought for my course (what a waste of 800$).

My life changed when I started associating with successful business owners. I saw them read and change for the better and wanted a piece of that cake.

Today, I love reading and I plan on doing reading until I die.

We Know who we Are

We all have a sense of who we are but, unless we meditate on it, we don't know how to best describe it with words.

What would your answer be to the question "Who are you?"?

The Only Strategy for Success in Business

"People who live defensively never rise above average. Decide to be on the offensive, to take the initiative. Lukewarm, indecisive people are never secure regardless of the wealth, education or position." -John Mason

In Hockey, when a team is ahead they sometime turn to the defensive in an attempt to maintain the advantage but that rarely works.
If you don't move ahead, you move backwards. There's no "stand still" in business.

The only strategy for success is to be on the offensive.

Play To Win

"How can I do the least amount of work and still not lose?" - Leadershift book by Orrin Woodward & Oliver DeMille

Employers are paying employees just enough for them not to leave and employees do just enough work not to get fired. Could you work more efficiently?

"Play to win, not 'not to lose.'" -Dondi Scumaci