by Mack | | Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Marketing, Motivation, Networking, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Most people who know me know I value expertise. It’s always fun to meet someone who is an expert at something; particularly something I need help with. I recently watched an American Restoration marathon on the History Channel. The premise of the show is a guy named...
by Mack | | Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
A few years ago, I worked with a group of great people from the church we were attending. Collectively, as a church, we were looking at ways of becoming more effective in what churches are supposed to do, which is helping people strengthen and grow in their faith and...
by Mack | | Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Since 2000 – 2014, we lived next to a family that made it a priority to take vacations. There was the obligatory 10 days in a beach house on the Outer Banks in North Carolina in July. Then the cruise sometime in the winter. The time in between was filled with...
by Mack | | Always Compete, Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, MACK Hacks, Management Development, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Staff meetings are one of the bigger time wasters in any organization. Back before I started my company, I worked for a trade association in Washington, DC. Staff meetings there turned into a 60-minute plus event where each of us gave a status update on projects. ...
by Mack | | Always Compete, Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
I recently watched an episode of the Discovery Channel series Dual Survival. If you’re not familiar with it, two experienced outdoorsmen (in this episode Joe Teti and Matt Graham) show viewers how to navigate and escape dangerous outdoor environments. In the episode...
