Andrew Gouty

Today (Black Friday) and yesterday’s (Thanksgiving) flurry of posts and tweets surrounding gratitude and the holiday have inspired me to create my own short list of things to be grateful for in 2009 as the year comes to a photo finish. Despite what many are calling a disaster of a year business-wise, I’ll choose to [...]

Aaron (my business partner) and I have developed a comical practice when considering the choice to either go ahead with a decision or hold back and wait things out. Both of us have had the fortune of being coached by Tony Scelzo of Rainmakers, who has had a distinctive impact on a lot of business [...]

Motivational speakers often comment on the importance of your “why” and understanding exactly what your “why” is for doing the things you do. Until very recently, I think I’ve had lots of trouble actually enacting this kind of vision into everyday life in a way that is meaningful to my activities. This post is a [...]

Last month I had some new ideas thrown at me from Tony Scelzo at Rainmakers. At the Rainmakers Main Event, Tony’s presentation had a strong center point on the subject of “making someone greater than you.” To give some background, accountability is a common discussion among entrepreneurs. We have so many ideas on seemingly life-changing [...]

Words that kill? Hardly. Words that kill ambition, drive, and clarity toward critical goals? I think so.