Failing Up – How to fail your way to the top

As a kid, I always wondered why baseball managers would flame-out on one team, and yet get hired immediately the … More

Just Be Helpful – Don’t aim for smart, nice, cool, or clever

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to … More

Slow Is The New Fast – Sometimes you have to slow down in order to speed up

The world we live in seems to get faster every day – no matter how fast we move, we nevertheless … More

Know Where The Goalposts Are – Sometimes success is not about great work

Here’s something surprising that I’ve learned the hard way – focusing solely on delivering great work and positive results is … More

Houston, We Have A Problem – Making the problem not a problem

If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the … More

The Road From Hopeless to Hopeful – Don’t get caught in the hopelessness cycle

One of my teams was recently faced with a difficult work problem. The team was dealing with a complicated problem, … More

The Age of the “Kordell Stewart” Employee – Why being a “Slash” is the key today

              I recently took a new job at a Media agency. I’d spent my career at … More

Be “Abundant” – The key to success is giving

In a post in SmartBrief last month, Lorne Rubis, President and CEO of Ryzex, talked about something he calls the … More

Please Criticize Me – Hearing criticism is a desirable thing

  “Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” Aristotle Let’s face it, … More

Don’t Be a Hater – Why ‘hating’ is over-used

I was watching the Grammy Awards last week, when Kelly Clarkson came on to sing a song. As she began … More