How to Think About Something You’ve Always Wanted
We know that everything begins with a thought. We get that our thoughts have that weird way of greasing the skids, preparing the soil, or …
Other People Know How We Feel About Them
In a way, we can say that we are all psychic. We can usually read each other’s emotions quite accurately. We may not believe this. …
Non-Slimy Networking
The word networking has a bad reputation. Many of us think networking is somehow slimy, inauthentic, uncomfortable, and/or old-school. And we recoil at the idea …
A Little Something Special
Behind the various tools, talents, and experience, we leaders (with or without title) share a little something special: an attitude. It is the attitude that …
Ready, Set, Go!
Where do you weigh in on the great speed debate? Is pressing for high speed the fastest way to get things done? Or is slowing …
Unstick That Project
Sometimes, projects get stuck because the timing isn’t quite right. More often, they get stuck because we have not thought them through thoroughly. When we …
Don’t Step In
Someone who becomes a leader of leaders (say, a manager who becomes a director or a small-business owner who has just hired the business’ first …
Ask Them
Other people can be quite frustrating. Since they don’t want to be told what to do or think, how can we possibly lead, sell, or …
Email: Servant or Master?
Email does its job well. It facilitates modern communication. It is fast, rich in capability, and easy to use. Almost everyone we know uses email …
The Elixir
Sometimes we decide–for no good reason–to give someone else a kind word or (even more powerfully) a quiet, kind thought. And it improves everything. Bad …