Never confuse “Being a nice guy” for “Weakness”

Whenever I talk to other CEOs or other people in industry who have “made it big,” one of the things I always ask is if they’re thought of as a “nice guy” – by their friends, employees, competitors, clients, etc.
The CEOs usually launch into a litany of reasons why they’re “nice guys.” They donate to [...]



Counting Down to a Rebirth

Cross posted at trainpetertrain.com (which is also trainfatasstrain.com), and shankman.com
The dates are official.
The nutritionist started today, 2/23/10. I have to keep a food log for a week before she’ll even talk to me again. Kill me.
The training, through TriSmarter.com, starts on 3/31/10 in earnest – i.e., all the running, biking, swimming I’m doing now doesn’t [...]



A quick study in Customer Service with TD Bank

With all the news stories today about the new bank regulations that took affect yesterday, I wanted to find out what my bank, TD Bank, had in store for me. Much to my surprise, it turned into an amazing story on customer service – and how it’s still possible with a mega-bank. Check it out.

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Work geography is dead. Long live Life geography.

First off – This isn’t some Tim Ferris garbage about how you can live on an island and only work between 5:48pm and 5:49pm. If you don’t love what you do, this isn’t going to help you, stop reading now, as geographic location is the least of your worries.
I LIKE work. Hell – I LOVE [...]



Sydney: Day Two (Who Dat Edition)

After getting a spectacular night sleep, I woke up to check out of the Novatel, and head to downtown Sydney, to check into the Diamant Hotel – Lovely place, reminds me of the W. The front desk woman was kind enough to not only inform me of the best restaurants in the area, but also [...]