Most business partnerships are formed when its all sunshine and rainbows. This type of optimism is crucial to entrepreneurship but can also create blind spots. At the moment when everyone is hopeful and getting along is when great concessions are made which can come back to haunt the partners and business. I have learned through […]
The Education Conundrum: Why Higher Education is Making us a Less Intelligent and Productive Society
What if I told you that you could start a business and sell a product that a majority of society thought they “needed” but did not produce the results it stated and the customer could not return the product and the price increased every year more than inflation. I don’t know about you but I […]
Why Crossfit Needs Consolidation For Long Term Sustainability
The Growth Story The Founder of Crossfit, Greg Glassman, is a free market thinking Libertarian which I relate to and respect. While looking at Crossfit you have to accredit this thinking for the rapid growth of this grassroots fitness movement. In lieu of control, Glassman let the market dictate the growth, saturation and quality by […]
Its All About Me: How Entitlement Is Destroying Our Culture
When I look around at the world today I see so many great advancements and progress but I also see a deteriorating culture that is obsessed with “self”. One only needs to scroll through Facebook or a magazine to see how far we have tipped the scales towards selfishness and entitlement. What started out as […]
Pleasure and The Law of Diminishing Returns
“Unlimited freedom means that identity is fluid. The search to find oneself never ends.” Mark Sayers As humans we are hard wired for pleasure. All you have to do is look at the magazine aisle or watch a sequence of commercials. All of these companies are ultimately selling pleasure of some sort. The newest electronics […]