You don’t have to like eating right and exercising. In fact, it’s okay if you hate those things. You just have to hate eating right and exercising slightly less than you hate being out of shape. You don’t have to like working hard. In fact, it’s okay if you hate working hard. You just have...Continue reading
There’s a concept I learned about several years ago that has benefited me tremendously. It’s a radically different way of thinking about negotiation. Now I don’t know about you, but when I hear the word negotiation, I immediately picture something like haggling over the price of a car or negotiating for a salary or for...Continue reading
I’m excited to let you know about the launch of the HeyPorter.com YouTube channel. We’ll cover the same subjects there that we do here – Creative Leadership, Productivity, Marketing, Decoding Success – just with way less reading and way more moving pictures. Hope you’ll check it out, hit that ‘Subscribe’ button, and maybe even tell...Continue reading
I’m blessed to have four babies, currently all middle school-aged and under. And as much as the wifey and I strive to teach and model good choices for them, they end up teaching us a lot, too. Okay, me – they teach me a lot. So I’m pleased to offer you four lessons my kids...Continue reading
We love getting praise, but giving praise can be tricky (and if you don’t believe that premise, then PLEASE read on). Fortunately, I’ve learned three powerful concepts that have helped my words land with laser-like precision… Selective Did you ever see that episode of Seinfeld where the handsome doctor calls Elaine “breathtaking”? She is understandably...Continue reading
A problem doesn’t have to be huge to feel overwhelming. Sometimes it’s the small, but persistent challenges that wear on us the most. And in worst-case scenarios, we’re assailed not just by the problem itself, but by the attendant problems springing from our fear and paralysis. But regardless of size or seriousness, twisty problems can...Continue reading
What is ‘Dandelion Marketing’? How can it help my brand? What does it have to do with the #AllinChallenge? To answer those questions, let’s start by considering the dandelion itself – that fuzzy little weed that pops up in your yard, inviting you to pick it up, make a wish, and blow on it. Well,...Continue reading
I was honored to be interviewed on a new live online series called Live Stream Tampa Bay. It’s produced by a group called Kestum Bilt (more on them shortly) and features a wide variety of guests – on this episode alone, everyone from comedians to filmmaker Dan Myrick (The Blair Witch Project). WHAT’S WORKING NOW?...Continue reading
Our youngest (a toddler at the time) quietly approached me as I typed on my laptop, climbed up the side of my chair, then furrowed in between my body and the chair back. For stage two, he proceeded to clamber up my back, as if summiting Everest, and park himself on my shoulders, his tiny...Continue reading
Disclaimer: I do not like bragging on myself, but there’s a brag coming up anyway. Trust me that it’s a means to an end. Many years ago, I wrote and co-directed a short film starring Tony-winner John Cullum (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and Emmy-nominee Barry Corbin (Modern Family, Better Call Saul). Both actors also...Continue reading