Four Qualities of People Who Change the World
Jobs are boring dead things that suck the life out of you, but a person with a mission has found a new lens for life. The greater the thing you live for the richer… Continue reading
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How to Succeed at Endings
Playing catch-up means you’re behind. You hung on too long. You limp along because the people around the table won’t vote themselves out of a job. They’re posturing, preserving, protecting. They’re maintaining status, position, and… Continue reading
Peter Drucker’s 9 Functions of a Mentor
I don’t care who you are or what you do. Be a mentor. Have a mentor. Don’t worry if you don’t understand mentoring. Just go engage in one of the nine behaviors that follow. 9… Continue reading
How to Capture Attention and Establish Trajectory
Frank Lloyd Wright said an expert is someone who has “stopped thinking because he ‘knows.’”* I ignored Warren Berger’s email. It arrived on February 24, 2014, and sat in my inbox for weeks.… Continue reading
Solving the Blabbing Leader Problem
Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win one of twenty-five copies of, “Brief,” by Joe McCormack. In hectic environments brevity is power. People tune out when you blab on.… Continue reading
Don’t Get Ignored
Long emails get pushed aside or ignored. “One of the worst things in people’s careers is to be ignored.” Joseph McCormack, author of, “Brief: Make a Bigger Impact by Saying Less.” People form… Continue reading