I missed out on my Wednesday post this week… I was busy building and working on my blog in other ways (namely by getting off the computer and working on my “Anti-Invisibility Challenge” from Monday.) Anyway, there was a lot to choose from this week… there’s just so much idiocy and hilarity out there… let’s start today off with the [...]

Written from a writer’s point of view, but applicable to a wide range of professions and projects, Pressfield writes personably, as a friend and advisor. The book’s length is perfect, filled with real-world examples from his own life and others’ lives to portray his points, but he doesn’t drag on, he gets right to the point: The Resistance is real, it will try to stop you, but it can be beaten

The latest offering from Seth Godin, Poke the Box, is his manifesto on starting. It resides somewhere between a high-tempo motivational speech and a swift kick in the butt. We should all read this quick book, and then pass it on.

I’ve been thinking about Initiative lately. How do you teach initiative? I don’t think you can, you can only encourage and allow initiative. As leaders, we must allow initiative, let people stretch, encourage them to try new ways (“…but that’s not the way it’s been done before” can’t be in your vocabulary), and then reward the successes and learn from, not punish, the failures. And as leaders, we can’t spend our lives just reacting to events around, we must be proactive… pushing forward, testing new concepts, breaking new ground.