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Keep it Simple

Resilience always sounds like something I’ll have to work hard at. But maybe it’s simple.

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Introducing Our New Website

It was great fun reviewing all our favorite projects. I hope you'll enjoy browsing through the portfolio as much as I did.

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The Path to Abundance

The Path to Abundance is easier than you think. Here’s how to make $4 million in 21 days and other secrets of the trade.

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Just Swim

When you're a competitive swimmer, looking at the person in the other lane is tempting, but it slows you down. If you spend too much time and energy looking at the competition, you won’t be able to put your focus where it matters.

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Be Nice

Our universe is held together by niceness. This is as true for building a business as it is for building a life.

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The Hubris of Celsius

What do Fahrenheit and horse meat have in common? A branding lesson from the climate crisis.

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How To Really Charm Your Sweetheart

Madonna has taught us oh so many things. Open Your Heart. Express Yourself. Get Into The Groove. She’s shown us that consistency and creativity are not tradeoffs. A powerful insight, in business and in love.

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Cultivating Freedom

Freedom is at the heart of human fulfillment. How do we cultivate the freedom required to dream, create, and change?

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To Design Is Human

The nature of design, in all its forms, is uniquely human, because design carries symbolic messages that only humans can create.

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Asking For Help

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” - African proverb

Why asking for help is so hard, and why it’s so important.

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Celebrate Bravery

Bravery is so remarkable because humans are hard-wired to be frightened of speaking up, standing out, doing things differently. Sometimes just being yourself is an act of bravery.

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The Power of Messing Up

Reality is messy. Embrace it. It’s actually the messy mess-ups that lead us to great things.

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Zig Zag

What does it take to win? Skills, yes. But also a little perspective.

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Get Happy!

Is there a formula for happiness? Find out how mindfulness, ice cream and surfing help define one.

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Play Ethic

It pays to play. Engaging in a playful activity stimulates creative problem-solving and releases endorphins. Play makes you happy, and happy people are more productive, earn more money, and live longer.

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On Beauty

Wondering how you can be your best at work? Open your eyes! Your visual environment deeply affects your thoughts and feelings and has a profound impact on your behavior.

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Brand BFFs

Brands are a fundamental building block of the modern human experience. The #1 key to building a successful brand is connecting with customers and building meaningful, lasting friendships.

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How Love Works

The only reason to do something incredibly difficult – like being a rock star or building a great brand – is a deep, overriding, unignorable passion. What's yours?

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Reflection

Unless you’re a teenager, you probably don’t spend all that much time studying yourself in the mirror. Maybe you should. Here’s how to put your mirror to work.

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