From the Mastermind of Randal
When I was 9 years old, I was not allowed to see Star Wars, because it had the word “Wars” in it. Days after the release, once all my friends had seen it, my dad finally took me to see this movie that opened up a whole new universe to me. Now, 38 years later, I had the opportunity to …
Peter Riva does with The Path what Neil Stephenson did with the “Metaverse” which is to make you visualize the deep inner workings of computers in the near future. With the Metaverse, it was a virtual reality world, with The Path, it is the actual system, all the way down to the File Allocation Table. Don’t fret, if you don’t …
I was late for a very important meeting regarding a merger on September 11, 2001. I remember feeling disbelief watching the events unfold live on my TV that morning as if I were still asleep, stuck inside a horrible dream. Paralyzed, I kept watching as the second plane hit the World Trade Center building. Driving to my meeting felt surreal, …
When I do speaking engagements, I often cite the mild manner chemistry teacher, Walter White a.k.a. Heisenberg of Breaking Bad when I speak of thinking about retirement and the valuation of your company. Of course, I cite the fictional character as one who has a dangerous plan to care for his family, but there are many things we can take …
I read The Family Board Meeting last night and I highly recommend all entrepreneurs, especially those with kids to read it. This is a book about having a board meeting with your kids. For the writer, the board is a surf board. It goes to show that as entrepreneurs, the most important thing in life is our relationships, especially of …
I’m overlooking the rows of carefully manicured vines of Ravine Vineyard, taking a sip of a Riesling that is being paired with the smoked carrot soup purée that will soon arrive. I can’t help but think back at this time last year when I was stuck in a corporate gig feeling emotionally and physically drained. I spoke with a member …
In part 1, we discussed waking 15 minutes earlier then usual and before accessing emails or text messages, you were encouraged to read something that would build you up. For many of us, we didn’t go to business school and get an MBA and then decide we would build, sell and repair computers. We simply started the other way around, …
The beginning of each day at this point is spent building yourself up. You are gaining valuable knowledge and journaling your ideas and creating daily priorities. Let us now inject a very simple hack, but one that has a great amount of power. You are now at the office, you might give direction to your troops and coordinate some activities. …
As a VAR or MSP, the big question is always which events should I attend this year? Taking time off from our business to attend a conference is always a challenge, but choosing the right ones can be very beneficial. I have been an attendee at the ChannelNext events since the first one in St-Sauveur (Quebec) in 2004. Out of …
Hopefully, you now are in the habit of waking 15 minutes earlier, not checking email, and doing some activity were you’re building yourself up. We are now ready to add one more activity to your morning routine. When I first heard of journaling, I associated it with a diary, which is completely wrong. I’m happily married, so I’m not going …
