Jeff Bezos has said numerous times, “You do not choose your passions, your passions choose you. “ One of his passions is space. And in Blue Origins recent summit he discussed some of his plans to build on that passion. One plan included the “Club For The Future” where youth, specifically K-12, can be inspired…

At Tableau a fascinating phenomena exists. It’s called “the sophomore slump.” Consistently, in the second year of a sales reps employment at Tableau, there is a decline in their ability to close deals. Why? Well, after the first year the sales rep became familiar with the variety of ways that Tableau could be used. This…

Recently I was in a sales training and I thought to myself “In the future, I could see myself doing this.” If you find yourself in a situation like that, take the opportunity to identify what you liked and did not like about the experience. This is valuable information for if/when you find yourself on…

Lately I’ve been thinking more about being deliberate with how I spend my time. Considering I do not have full liberty to do what I wish with a large portion of my time I’ve been asking myself “What is a valuable use of my time?”. The late Steve Jobs once said: “Focus is about saying…

Jeff Bezos has one of my favorite paradigms on failure. He describes two types of failure: 1. Truly trying something new, you haven’t done before, and it fails.2. You’ve done the task or project before, and it fails. Jeff is incredibly comfortable with failure, if it’s failure from innovation. Within the first type of failure…