It’s Not Your Mother’s Fault

Too many of us immediately try to decide how to do something before deciding whether or not to do it. I call this the "plunge effect." This is why you're stuck with a hire who isn't close to competent, on a bad

People seem to be equating length with value, even in the arts. We saw an otherwise excellent one-act play two nights ago, which would have been even better in half the time. Last night we saw a wonderful ballet piece

The Eagles deserved to win the Super Bowl, congratulations to them and their fans. I can't help being fascinated by how many people simply want to root against Tom Brady. But I've seen the phenomenon before, in business and socially. A

You are self-absorbed when: • You accept a mobile phone call while talking to someone else. • You bring coffee into your trainer's gym. • You drive in the left lane with a dozen cars behind you trying to get by. • You talk

I'm at an old-fashioned hardware store here named Salk's Ace Hardware. It has aisle upon aisle of tools, lightbulbs, screws, barbecue accessories, garden stuff, etc. And there are a dozen people in red shirts to help you. It's far more

As the writer of another post here points out, we tend to become very much like those people with whom we spend the most time. The good news is that you make choices about that if you're smart. The bad

Most people pontificating about leadership have never been in leadership positions. I'm just saying

If all you do is boast of your successes and never share your failures I'm not very interested in your successes. I call these "drive-by brags." Someone you rarely hear from zooms in, tells you their latest great feat, and