Entrepreneurship: Signing the Front the Payroll Check
“Your life changes the moment you sign the front of a payroll check instead of the back.”
Learning to Win
Nick discusses new educational concepts and other things he’s developing.
Power is an Illusion: David and Goliath
The reason the underdog overcomes the advantaged is because we fail to realize that power is an illusion. In the biblical story of David and Goliath the power dynamics have much to teach us about leadership. A Misunderstood Story Malcolm Gladwell, in his excellent Book, David and Goliath, makes the critical point that our contemporary …
Redeeming the Game of Monopoly
Last time, if the first part of this review of Monopoly, I discussed how Monopoly is an awful game experience which teaches terrible lessons. As someone who believes in redemption, today I will discuss how to modify the game to not only make the game a bit more enjoyable, but also so young people can …
Monopoly Requires Improvement
Monopoly as a Game is Terrible Monopoly is the 5th best selling board game of all time … and it’s awful. It’s a non-collaborative game that favors the frontrunner and doesn’t provide for alternative strategies for victory. Monopoly’s “roll-and-go” design leaves people as passive observers throughout most of the game, while others are making their …
Vlog #24 – Influencer Lesson No. 5 – Overcoming Fear
I recently talked about the two main components to motivation desire and fear. For most people, fear dominates. This has favorable and unfavorable ramifications. Our fear of imprisonment, social admonishment, and danger overcomes our desire for the stuff in other people’s houses. This is a big factor as to why so few of us perpetrate …
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Things are Afoot
My extra work over the period years is starting to serve as a great foundation for new opportunities. Upon hearing of me losing my position, not only am I starting to be pursued for additional work from a client I have been doing a regular amount of freelance work with for some time, I was …
A First Step. Nick… Goes to a Pastor?!
Yes. It’s true. I went to consult with a member of the clergy for the first time since the years of my parochial school education, long before a former assistant pastor of mine called me a “neo-barbarian yahoo” who happened to be going through a “heathen phase.” But that’s ok. I have long since abandoned …