Soon after we launched three years ago, I wondered in a blog post if it was just a crazy idea to have an award just for Good People. Fast forward a couple of years and through countless other crazy ideas, to our Good Life Awards party, which...
We all dread Monday's sometimes. Back to work for many, school for lots of people, and a general mood of Monday's are a day to get going because you need to, versus eagerly anticipating waking up and having an awesome day doing something fun. Due to...
I am thankful for all kinds of stuff, and the more I learn the more I am thankful for. I am thankful that everyone reading this note somehow got engaged with us and our mission to tell a bunch of good news about people. Without you there would not be...
Start With the No-Brainers While that title might appear to be an idiot-proof, no-brainer itself, aggressively following that principle is not always the case in my company or in yours. Most of us spend too much time fighting fires and juggling what...
Dear World, I need a Mini-Me/Assistant/Jr.-Lifer, and this is officially opening the search for the position. There will be unrealistic expectations, low pay, high risk, with ridiculous hours. I'm betting on the upside kind of thinker who is...
The premise behind what we do here is pretty darn simple really. Celebrate what you have, who you have, what you are, or just celebrate for the heck of it, as it is plain old more fun that thinking how crappy people or things can be at times. We all...
One morning around 9 a.m., back in 2010, I had three interactions with people, and each of them in their unique way called to mind the principle philosophy of our mission. We stress our core principles of “Local” and “Good” in a blatant,...
There is a great scene in the Tom Cruise movie where he passionately tells Cuba Gooding Jr (I swear I am not talking about this clip because he has good in his name – that is just awesome good luck), to Help Me, Help You. It is a funny and...
Focused on new ideas and actions, this principle usually holds the most promise for additional opportunity no matter the age, position, or size of the company. However, the principle is listed after the first two articles in this series: Drop What...
As a punishment from the gods for his trickery, Sisyphus was compelled to roll a huge rock up a steep hill, but before he could reach the top of the hill, the rock would always roll back down, forcing him to begin again. Don’t be that guy....