Timeless lessons from an old parable teach us why early intervention is essential for breaking unwanted habits Like stubborn habits, the roots of trees grow deeper and stronger with time, making them increasingly difficult to remove Throughout human history, wisdom has often been passed down through parables—simple stories that convey profound truths. One such story about a wise scholar, a wealthy man's son, and plants of varying sizes contains a lesson so fundamental to human...
Tag: Success
The Unemployed Millionaire (Book Review & Summary)
Book Review: The Unemployed Millionaire Escape the Rat Race, Fire Your Boss, and Live Life on YOUR Terms I purchased this book from Amazon.com last week, and it sat on my coffee table until today. I can't remember the last time I've picked up a book and read it all within a day, but that is what I did with The Unemployed Millionaire by Matt Morris (I started it at a coffee shop this morning...
Jungle Jims International Market

Exploring one of America's most extraordinary and eccentric food destinations The Travel Channel's visit to the famous Jungle Jim's International Market Jungle Jim's International Market in Fairfield, OH is one crazy grocery store. The Travel Channel didn't have the clip on their website (FAIL) and even YouTube didn't have it, so I recorded it with my camera (yes I am a grocery geek). Sounds like it is quite the place! Jungle Jim clearly understands marketing!...
Mark Cuban’s Advice to College Students
Focus Is Overrated I have followed Mark's blog for some time and really liked this post. A college student asked Mark how he remained focused prior to his business success, to which Mark replied with the following: You are still in school. You don't need to have all the answers or focus on one thing. You should be trying a lot of things until you find the one thing you really love to do and...
John Mackey: The Whole Foods Story
Insights from The New Yorker Profile John Mackey, the co-founder and chief executive of Whole Foods Market The New Yorker has a long article on Mackey which was a very good read. Since it is so long, I've summarized what I found interesting from it below. I'm terrible at summarizing and in college never got into highlighting my textbooks. When reading I either found it all really interesting or all really dull, so it was...
Ways to Foster Innovation
Think Different Fostering Innovation in Your Organization Apple's iconic "Think Different" campaign from 1997 Apple had a famous ad campaign in 1997 asking people to "think different". How many of you think different? If you find you or your company struggles to think differently, I just reviewed a great list of 50 ways to foster innovation and here are my favorite from the ideachampions.com article: Remember that innovation requires no fixed rules or templates --...




