It’s dark and stormy here in the Midwest this morning. Perfect writing weather in my book. I write this morning from a bit of a reflective mood over the last several days. Lots has been happening here with family and illness and scary, stop you in your tracks and kick you in the ass kind…
Category Archives: Personal Development
Personal Development Mistakes
The whole Personal Development arena is something that I have been interested in for over 20 years. It all started for me with, umm….yeah, Amway. Remember the Tape of the Month Club? The backseat of my Volvo station wagon was full of them! Earl Nightingale, Denis Waitley and Zig Ziglar were some of my early…
A Comic and Some Words I Hate: “It’s Your Fault”
Ballard Street I hate the word fault. “Whose fault is it?” “It’s your fault that the dogs got out of their cage.” “It’s my fault, I should have locked the cage.” “No, it’s WalMart’s fault, their cage is a piece of junk.” “You know, it’s probably the welders fault, he didn’t do a very good…
Sunday Afternoon Tea: People Are Awesome! [Inspiration]
People are truly awesome! Here’s a little Sunday afternoon inspiration for you guys. I wish you a great day – you are appreciated! Yep – it’s coffee today – I need the “pick me up” - it’s grass cutting day! Enjoy!
Does Your Circle of Friends Inspire You or Belittle You?
This is a guest post by Benny Hsu Summer is here and it’s the season to really start taking care of the lawn. One annoying problems are the weeds. Those pesky weeds make your lawn look terrible and steal water from the grass and flowers. No one likes weeds. Some are too lazy to do…
Sunday Afternoon Tea: Fly Higher [Inspiration]
“Sail beyond the horizon; fly higher than you ever thought possible; magnify your existence by helping others; be kind to people and animals of all shapes and sizes; be true to what you value most; shine your light on the world; and be the person you were born to be.” Blake Beattie Words I love…
100 Blog Posts, Taxes, Incubation, and Other Crap You Want To Read
It’s official, I have published 100 posts on this blog! Okay, it will be 100 when this sucker is complete, but you get my drift. Let me say this first and foremost – a huge THANK YOU to each person who has ever read a sentence written here. While I often write because if I…
What’s Possible Here? (From Getting Through to Growing YOU)
This is a guest post by Lisa Miles Brady They say, sh*t happens. If you’ve lived long enough, sh*t has probably happened to you. As entrepreneurs, most of us are pretty comfortable dealing with sh*t. You know, disappointing launches, mediocre sales, a collaboration that just didn’t work. Been there. Done that. (Wrote a song about…
Allowing Greatness to Shine
This is a guest post by Jackie Lee The last time I was asked to write for Frank I wrote about keyword research. A topic I’m very familiar with, very comfortable with, easily able to teach to even the newest internet marketer. Yeah, it’s fair to say it’s a safe topic. Guess what? My entire…
When Motivation Doesn’t Work
Sad to say, and hard to admit it, but today I am feeling completely useless. Not motivated, can’t think about putting words on paper and feeling helpless. This sucks. I could give 101 excuses: I’ve got the stomach flu again, I don’t feel well, we have a lot going on in our family, I’ve pushed…