Hippie CEO Life #21 - The Road Not Taken
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Hippie CEO Life #21 - The Road Not Taken

This is Issue 21, Coming out of college, i believed that my path was to be the well traveled one. Graduate. Get a good job. Be a solid corporate citizen. Don't be a wallflower, but don't be a rebel. Get promoted into management. Work really long hours to impress (kiss up to) the “right” people. Become an executive with a fancy corner office. Get all the monies. Then finally, start living the kind of life that i want to live.

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Hippie CEO Life #20 - We’re All on the Same Team, Aren’t We?
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Hippie CEO Life #20 - We’re All on the Same Team, Aren’t We?

This is Issue 20, “I can’t believe how difficult it is to get something done, every time our team starts on a new project, it feels like some other department makes it their mission to ensure the project doesn’t succeed. Aren’t we all supposed to be on the same team here?”

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Hippie CEO Life #19 - It’s OK to be Uniquely You
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Hippie CEO Life #19 - It’s OK to be Uniquely You

This is Issue 19, Being unapologetically who we are, has allowed us to standout in an incredibly crowded and noisy marketplace but more importantly, it has allowed us to attract the type of employees and clients that we want to work with.

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Hippie CEO Life #18 - Building a Culture of Giving
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Hippie CEO Life #18 - Building a Culture of Giving

This is Issue 18, If i can ask one thing of you today, it would be to find an opportunity to plant a seed of kindness, you may never know the incredible impact you will have through even the most simple acts of kindness.

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Hippie CEO Life #17 - Are You Typecasting Your Employees
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Hippie CEO Life #17 - Are You Typecasting Your Employees

This is Issue 17, Instead of typecasting our employees into such narrow roles, what would happen if when we hired our next employee, we invested in learning as much as we could about that specific person, not just how that person fits into the role we hired them for? What if we truly invested the time to learn what they are naturally brilliant at, and then found a way (regardless of job description) to fully maximize their inherent genius? What would happen?

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