Take some time and learn what different people at your job do
It constantly amazes me that people often don’t know what anyone they work with actually does. Continue Reading
Priorities
74% of executives say customer experience is a priority. Is it?
Not breaking news: executives at companies large and small often claim one thing is a priority (words), then their actions make it clear that a totally different thing is the real priority. For example: “talent strategy” is a priority, folks!… Continue Reading
How to get out of a rut: Three whys
I had seen that Ricardo Semler TED Talk before and remember thinking it was good, but it wasn’t necessarily one of the TED Talks that stays with you for a long time (at least for me). Then I came across… Continue Reading
A lesson about decision-making from Walmart
You can say a lot of things about Walmart, and for most people the majority of them would probably be somewhat negative — although they did just make a move to increase their minimum wage — but it would be… Continue Reading
So wait, what are you so busy with anyway?
I could probably write an entire book on this concept, but for right here and right now, I’ll limit it to a dinky little blog post. I’ve already written about “The Busy Trap” once (here), and when I repurposed that… Continue Reading
Almost regardless of situation, failure is tied to excuses
People fail at things literally every single second around the world. In the course of whatever day you’re reading this post, you probably failed at something. I’ve failed at something on the day I’m writing this. It’s probably the most… Continue Reading
Three ways to maximize your willpower (which is a finite resource)
You can define the idea of “getting things done,” as this article does, as the intersection of “motivation” and “willpower.” The idea of willpower is actually a finite resource — which scientists and researchers only really have known in the last decade… Continue Reading
Self-compassion is more valuable than self-criticism
Believe this. Continue Reading