My friend Tom Keller is blogging, and I know this because he asked if I was responsible for a quote that he wanted to use in his most recent post. Years ago I said something like "building a business is a marathon, not a sprint." Now I realize it is a series of marathons, and that perspective has helped me stay in the race. Lots of entrepreneurs that I’ve met over the years, especially during the dot com bubble, quit after a year or two because they just couldn’t keep sprinting. I still sprint when I need to, but you can’t sprint the whole marathon and expect to finish. Check out Tom’s post on keeping your work life balanced.
Tom wrote another post on "The Significance of Voluntary Transactions." I love thinking about economics and how they make the world go ’round. Tom takes on "Fair Trade Coffee" and "Sweat Shop Labor" and explains the economic view of them very well. I hope Tom writes more along these lines and gives some ideas about how to make the world a better place, while working within the laws of economics.