I Only Asked If You Liked the Soup
When you have to drop a fierce political viewpoint into every conversation, every casual exchange, everything you write, you’re not just an advocate, you’re a fanatic. Santayana defined a fanatic…
I’ve Turned Far Enough
Turning the other cheek is sound advice, but the person who provided it never said to then allow someone to keep hitting you. Take control of your interactions and your…
Exploration Not Interrogation
I believe in asking a few pertinent questions (such as, “What prompted you to meet with me today?”) but I find too many consultants placing the buyers at a metaphorical…
Wait, I’m on THIS Team?
I see some eyes roll when I put people into small groups and some are thinking, “Great, I’m not going to learn anything with these people!” Of course, an entirely…
READ THIS IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE! NOW!
Start your speech, book, article, podcast, teleconference WITH SOMETHING INTERESTING, ENERGETIC, AND CAPTIVATING. It can be a story, a statistic, a prediction—it doesn’t matter. That first 90 seconds or so…
Seven Figures: Stop Running, Start Learning
Want to make the metaphorical million a year? It’s only $5,000 each weekday, or $25,000 a week, or $100,000 monthly. In a blazing economy on a record run, that’s not…
Historical Illiteracy
Destroying history because we dislike it is ignorant. We should be learning from it so as not to repeat our worst sins and failures. If you try to purge unpleasant…
What’s Distinct?
Critical Thinking Skills are vital for all of us in this profession. For example, when you’re faced with a person or a department or a team that is performing much…
I’m Just Sayin’
There are two sports in which I’ve never wanted to participate: sumo wrestling and golf. In a pinch, with a gun to my head, I’d go for the former.