Do you think creating successful business teams is more or less important in today’s world than in the past? The reality is that it’s a collaborative world that depends on teams of people working together across time zones and continents. However, do managers and leaders...
Here is the best piece of advice I can give you for avoiding the chaos and stress of Black Friday. Don’t leave home! Choose to do all your shopping on the internet. But, if you want to take the risk and choose to plunge headlong into...
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. - Henry Ford Brainstorm An illumination of an idea popped into my head the other night: “Given what I know about the human mind, how I can be part of our fractured, fragmented...
In my previous blog, Duck & Cover, I provided a short history lesson as to why we worry. Next, let’s take a look at how you can manage your thinking and mute your worry, now. Worry without resolution is a total waste of the imagination. Worrying is...
“If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.” ― Dalai Lama XIV Do any of...
Full disclosure: I’m writing this article to shake up your thinking. Are you sure, really sure, about what you believe? Beliefs are usually something we observe and judge in others, yet very seldom examine in ourselves. That’s why - by our nature and in order to remain...
“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” –Ayn Rand Money worries head the chart as the most common causes of stress among Americans. But, how much of our financial stress could be eliminated by...
"Leadership is hard to define, and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader." — Indra Nooyi, CEO, PepsiCo How would you define love? How would you define justice? These are extremely...
5 STEPS TO IGNITE YOUR BRAIN FOR STORYTELLING In my last blog I presented the story of my adoption. Now, let’s look at the nuts and bolts of effective storytelling. THE SCIENCE OF STORYTELLING Storytelling and can help us make better decisions every day: Northwestern University psychology professor Dan...
Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, the power to retell it, rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as times change, truly are powerless, because they cannot think new thoughts. —Salman Rushdie THE STORY THAT UPENDED MY PERCEPTIONS AND...