Almost five years ago exactly I rented a car in Manhattan and drive the 35 minutes to Hastings-on-the-Hudson. My then-fiancé (now wife) was with me, and we were nervous. I was driving to the offices of the one and only Seth Godin ~ a hero of mine who I was interviewing for what would become…
Every business is a lifestyle business

- Posted by: Chris Taylor
The question

- Posted by: Chris Taylor
- Category: Leadership
“What do you want to have happen?” That one question – raised to me by Seth Godin years back – continues to be the most powerful seven words I have in business. For myself, my team, our clients and coaches, no matter what the challenge is, the very first question I ask is what do you want to have happen? It’s usually a pretty short conversation after that one’s answered. How often do we overcomplicate and overthink the problems that […]
Sometimes it’s just cool.
- Posted by: Chris Taylor
- Category: Effective Communication, Innovative Thinking
So, follow this with me, if you will: 1. I recently reached out to a very cool blogger named Willie Jackson, just to say hey. (took me 90 seconds) 2. Because Willie is a self pronounced Seth Godin fan (as am I), I made reference in the email to an interview I recently conducted with Seth. (5 seconds) 3. Willie decided watched the interview and, about three minutes in (from what I can tell), he tweeted about it. (3 […]
Asking the right question
- Posted by: Chris Taylor
- Category: Team Optimization
I had the distinct pleasure of attending a 12 person, full day workshop with Seth Godin last week. Seth’s a bit of a hero of mine (I compared this workshop to being a high school football quarterback and having the opportunity to attend a clinic with Tom Brady for the day), so this was a fairly incredible event for me. Interestingly, my biggest takeaway was not specific to the business, but rather to a way of thinking. Seth thinks differently […]
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