Category Archive: Personal Growth

CEO Returns After Terminating 900 Employees on Zoom

Vishal Garg is the CEO and founder of the startup better.com, an online mortgage company. Just before the holidays in 2021, Vishal terminated 900 employees on a zoom call.  You can watch it… Continue reading

The First Step Toward Self-Knowledge is Realizing You Don’t Have It

You think you know yourself, but you don’t. You never have self-knowledge; you gain it gradually, sometimes painfully. You throw punches in the air until you gain self-knowledge. Pretending you don’t sabotage yourself… Continue reading

The Simplest Way to Have a Meaningful Day

Living without meaning makes beasts of us all. Just bury your head in the mud to escape drudgery. Don’t let environments bully you into exhaustion. Walk through the door dedicated to manage meaningfully.… Continue reading

Management Rules During Constant Crisis

In the past you wondered when the next crisis would hit. You don’t wonder that today. Crisis-mode used to mean canceling appointments, working late, drinking too much coffee, and eating pizza late at… Continue reading

15 Questions that Change the Way People Think

Life begins to change when you change the way you think. Delayed resistance: The discomfort of new behaviors drives you to eventually return to familiar habits. Change feels good – at the beginning… Continue reading

How to Develop the Habit of Finishing Stuff

Bad habits – in the beginning – are easier than good. The habit of almost finishing stuff destroys effectiveness, diminishes respect, and drains energy. Anyone can start. Leaders finish. People live with dangling… Continue reading