I once heard a business owner tell a consultant that he preferred not to offer training to his employees. “What if I train them and then...

Hanlon’s razor asserts that we should not attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by incompetence or other means. Most...

Scott Adams (Dilbert creator) probably isn’t the world’s best illustrator, and he certainly isn’t the best comic.  But combining or...

Famed Navy SEAL and leadership expert Jocko Willink has the habit of replying to colleagues or friends that approach him with major...

Consider the difference between losing a friend to a drunk driving accident and losing a friend to cancer.  Same outcome, yet we somehow...

Leverage means investing in activities that provide a disproportionate return.  Get your short list right, and free up mental capacity to...

We guard our money, property and identities from people who might steal, exploit, or take advantage of us.  But we commonly allow others...

Everyone endures some measure of suffering. Past or present, chronic or acute.   Perhaps you believe your suffering is more justified...

An organization I won’t name has an effective marketing system that gets me in the door.  Once I’m in though, there is no record of the...

– “Don’t confuse motion with action”– Don’t tell me how hard you worked, tell me what you accomplished. – “If you can’t explain it you...

Aggressive: Doing what serves you with no respect for others – “We are going to THIS movie. Why do you even want to see that one?”...

Get 100 employees in a room and you’ll be hard-pressed to reach unanimous agreement on anything other than raising salaries.  We’d all...

From an evolutionary perspective, we’re wired to care deeply about what others think of us. This was a valid concern thousands of years...

Our education system has us focus on what will be on the test.  When we later extend that to our work, we find ourselves in a lifelong...

For the few skills at which I excel, I noticed that I never viewed the intense hours I devoted as “practice”. I obsessed over the...

Your operating system reinforces your belief (bias) that the Universe conspires for you or against you.  That people are trustworthy or...

A leaking bathtub isn’t a problem for a while, until it overflows.  Five daily minutes spent acquiring a worthwhile skill or habit...

It’s not in the CEO’s job description to comfort an employee who’s going through a difficult time. It’s not your legal obligation as a...

The R.A.S. is a bundle of nerves in your brain that makes you aware of all the red cars on the road the moment you consider buying one....

If Sir Richard Branson’s vision of success was to build wealth while maintaining anonymity, he failed. Defining our own version of...