Nudge Your Career (and your organization’s strategy) Back Into Alignment
When we are in our SweetSpot, work ceases to be a stress or struggle. Where there is stress or struggle, we are out of our …
The Source of Meaningful Work
Deficiency, or rather the elimination of it, is our source for meaningful work. We tend to see life, work, the world, and (secretly) ourselves as deficient in …
Excuse This Interruption
We interrupt your work day to bring you this special message. All that stress you’re running and all those tasks you’re doing right now? How’s …
Anticipation…
Experts tell us that we humans have a negativity bias. We tend to think more about what’s wrong and what could go wrong. And, strictly …
Stress Is…
Stress is the difference between the way things are and the way we think they should be. This means that we can reduce stress by either …
Success Is Not About Pretending
When we feel bad (perhaps tense, angry, guilty, or fearful), we tend to want to do stuff to fix things and make us feel better. But …
The Secret Ingredient
Before we direct, correct, encourage, sell to, influence, plead with, or praise people, let’s take a moment to quietly love them. If we can’t love them, let’s …
To Succeed Wildly
We succeed because we believe we will. We succeed wildly when we truly believe we will succeed despite having little or no evidence, reason, or …
Delegating Trust and Authority
Delegation requires trust and authority. We must trust that we have adequately described the problem and the desired outcomes. We must trust that our delegates have …
How to Make Your Strategies Even Better
Once we have decided on a strategy, we can improve it by asking everyone involved, “What could prevent the success of this strategy?” We may …