Opportunity often knocks before you’re ready. A brief dialog from the movie, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, illustrates the power of “nudges”. Frodo Baggins: “Before you (Gandalf)… Continue reading
Coddling is degrading because it tells people they’re incompetent. Pampering devalues strength. Over-protection is rejection. Stretch yourself if you want to grow. It’s not a stretch assignment if it doesn’t keep you… Continue reading
Mary Poppins was wrong. It takes a truck-load of sugar to sweeten a spoonful of sour. Sour grows and intensifies apart from intervention. Apart from intervention, sour consumes sweetness and moves to its next… Continue reading
Manipulators create and exploit vulnerabilities for personal advantage. One manipulator bragged how she could cut people without them knowing it. 3 marks of manipulators: #1. Want you to feel obliged or inadequate. There’s… Continue reading
Self-importance is behind most of the stupid things leaders do. Self-importance keeps leaders ignorant and isolated. Self-importance blinds you to your weaknesses and distorts your view of strength in others. Even insecurity is… Continue reading
Grim-Reaper-Leaders contaminate every environment. People feel you before they see you. Have you ever walked into a space and felt a bad vibe before seeing anyone? Radius: Imagine waking up after an accident… Continue reading
