Commit To It
Everything is hard if we keep focusing on the obstacles or the “yeah, buts.” Everything becomes easy as soon as we commit to it. It’s …
The Buzz-Raising Tools
The purpose of each of the buzz-raising tools is to help us focus our thinking on what we want. When we do, we feel better, others are (suddenly, oddly) able to …
More Than Enough
It’s true despite the deadlines. The economy doesn’t affect it either. It doesn’t matter how much competition appears to exist for talent, roles, attention, clients, …
People Problems
Most problems are people problems. Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, & Dennis Carey, HBR, August 2015 Miscommunication, misunderstanding, and conflict. The wrong people in the wrong roles. …
Management vs. Leadership
Management is what we do to get people to act as we want them to in an organization. It includes the title, the position, and the techniques. …
Inevitable Fruit
One way to succeed is to act as if we have already achieved the essence of whatever it is we wanted. For example, we might say that the …
Too Much Bad to Feel Good?
How can I raise my buzz? How can I go about feeling good when circumstances are this bad? –Everyone Your results match how you feel. But …
Making It So – Avoiding Leader’s Overwhelm
Leaders who are under water, stuck in the weeds, or putting out fires can’t get to their big-picture, strategic work. They are too busy doing …
Success Flies In
Success comes flying in when you know what you want, you engage others in win-win relationships, you always work on the most compelling thing, and …
A Story
There was once a band of smart, dedicated, caring, and simply successful people. Some of them lived in Toronto. The rest were scattered around the …