by Michael Devers | Feb 3, 2020 | Strategy
Pull up your calendar and take a look at last week. How many scheduled appointments were for the benefit or convenience of other people – updates, planning meetings, conference calls, providing feedback, etc.? If you’re like most people who work with other humans, the...
by Michael Devers | Jan 20, 2020 | Goals, Strategy
If every reward was financially based, no one would ever have children. At least not on purpose. This was the point I made to a coaching client after we completed the analysis for a new venture one of his friends planned to launch this year, with the hope that it...
by Michael Devers | Oct 16, 2018 | History, Strategy
In 1899, Charles Duell, Commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office is reported to have said, “Everything that can possibly be invented has already been invented.” He was wrong. The very same day in 1899, thousands of people in Washington D.C. and elsewhere shopped until...
by Michael Devers | Oct 11, 2018 | Right Action, Strategy
Someone broke into my vehicle the last time I was in Austin. It was a smash-and-grab job. The thieves didn’t get much (two empty purses as my wife had just emptied them both), but they did a thorough job of destroying my window. Back home in New Braunfels, the glass...
by Michael Devers | Oct 7, 2018 | Strategy
I ruined Mother’s Day for my wife.Her favorite special treat is breakfast for dinner. Every year for Mother’s Day, my wife looks forward to waffles, eggs, and all the bacon she can have for dinner with the family. As an added bonus, while everyone else is waiting in...
by Michael Devers | Oct 4, 2018 | Action, Strategy
If you’re an author, you don’t have to be at the front of every bookstore and in every airport across the U.S. If you’re a musician, your album doesn’t need to be splashed across the iTunes home page on the day it’s released. If you create a retail product, it doesn’t...
