Achieve Your Goals With This One Shift
I know this successful entrepreneur, Tom, let’s call him. Tom is ambitious, disciplined, and resilient. He’s also quite smart. One day over lunch, Tom and I were talking about our respective businesses. I shared some ideas I was kicking around, and he shared his latest goal: to earn a million dollars in a single Read more
Resonant Leadership
Category: Thriving at WORKAuthors: Annie McKee, Richard E. BoyatzisCategory: Thriving at WORKPublished: 2005A hands-on framework and strategies for consciously creating and maintaining resonance in the face of the relentless challenges of the leadership role. Resonant Leadershipis the follow – up to Primal Leadership, which has sold over 250,000 copies to date. Its message about the Read more
Practicing Compassion as a Self-Development Strategy
In an era that is being defined by violence, hate, and marginalization, last weekend’s two mass shootings punctuated the dire state of civility in our nation. More than 40 years after helping make Elvis Costello famous, a set of Nick Lowe lyrics now seems like quintessential 2010’s: As I walk on through this wicked Read more
Confessions of an Imposter
The rectangular yellow Post-in note has been stuck to my computer since November. At the time, I was working hard to revise my business plan and update my branding. I had explored some partnerships, had chosen a direction, and was excited about moving forward. But I was also uncertain. Even though I was confident Read more
To Be or Not to Be Powerful
Power. We commend it in those we admire, and we criticize it in those we attack. We grasp for more when we feel dominated, then we hide what we have when we feel dominating. We root for underdogs and scold power grabbers, yet we also value winners over losers. In other words, we experience Read more
