Some of my deepest and most meaningful conversations have happened when one, both, or all parties were enjoying coffee, bourbon, ice cream, or an entree.

Social media only provides droplets of shallow community when what our souls need is a downpour of real connection.

As a species, we form communities for three main reasons: survival, growth, and meaning.

The scarcity of something - and not its abundance - is what creates its value. And many of us (me included) have learned over the past year that deep community is truly priceless.

We’ve done well as a business during the pandemic. But who even knows what’s next?

Trying to make a big decision? Don’t just weigh your options or make a pros and cons list. Decide how you will decide. Then, the actual decision will be easier.

The big reason entrepreneurs don’t create long-lasting value? They confuse economics with egonomics.

When I stopped trying to write a lot of words (output) and instead set a discipline of reading a lot of words (input), I became smarter.

The following weeks would be filled with phone calls, inventory moves, online sales, and a lot of stress (so much stress).

But, we're still standing. We look different (no storefront, dozens of new vendors and hundreds of new products) but we're still at the party.

We can do hard things. The magic is that we make them look not-so-hard. And that strategy is taking us places.

COVID-19 will have long lasting impacts on every organization and company - much longer than we realize. The question, then, is what we do with this pandemic. It will either make our organization weaker or stronger (it will not allow it to stay the same). The choice is entirely ours.

Habits and customers both stack. Do something right the first time and your success, like interest, will compound.