In 1772, all tea from the East India Trading Company was required to be delivered to the United Kingdom and sold to traders through the London Tea Auction. Those traders would buy tea at auction and pay an import tax to be able to sell it in the American colonies. The traders would add a […]
How to Plan and Host a Mastermind Group Retreat
If you haven’t heard of the concept of a mastermind group before, it might be best to start with this post on starting and maintaining a mastermind group. I gave Nathan and Caleb big hugs as they loaded their bags into the back of my dad’s F-150. After grabbing dinner with my fiancé and picking […]
How to Have More Meaningful Conversations
I grab a seat at the corner of a large rectangular table. The centerpiece is a mason jar of pencils and an old school pencil sharpener. The table is made of reclaimed wood set on top of antique school lockers. In some ways, the school theme is the perfect setting for a morning of conversation […]
What I Learned from Two Weeks in Seth Godin’s Office
I saw the city through the small window next to my exit row seat and I felt a swell of creative energy, anticipation, and excitement well up from my gut. Here we go… The opportunity of a lifetime starts now. On July 21st, 2013, I landed at JFK airport for a two week project with […]
What to Do When You Think You Want to Change Jobs
Allison was nearing the end of her college career as an economics and philosophy major at her university when a friend shot her an email with a job posting he found while browsing LinkedIn. Three (or six or nine) months ago you showed up for your new job excited about the possibilities in front of […]
15 Career Trends Every Young Professional Should Understand
Thomas Friedman stands on stage and delivers a simple, but potentially terrifying message. We have lived to see the end of average. What does he mean? Well, he means that the way the economy used to work was based on industrialization. We worked hard to make everything more efficient, to measure quality using Six Sigma, […]