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Pop-Cap: Illusions of Substance
Pop-Cap: Illusions of Substance
Every day it seems we are bombarded with news of some new psychological scientific study revealing some fascinating new factoid about human nature. Perhaps a…
May 28, 2010
30 Methods of Influence: #14 Admit Your Mistakes, Apologize, Ask for Forgiveness
“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 14. Admit your mistakes, apologize, ask for forgiveness. When we are party to seriously strained relations, we…
May 27, 2010
Ask! They Won’t Always Tell You What You Want To Know
We are continually re-learning the lessons of life, even the small everyday ones. I pride myself on being an entrepreneur, someone who always finds a…
May 26, 2010
The Grass Is Always Greener
Oh, we humans! We are soooooo predictably irrational. We keep making the same mistakes over and over and over again. It would be funny if…
May 25, 2010
Reversible Destiny: “Do Not Go Gentle”
Ah, death. The Grim Reaper. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. It comes to us all eventually, no matter how eloquently we “Rage…against the dying…
May 24, 2010
The Complaint Diet: Act or Accept but Never Complain
Don’t complain. Easier said then done, especially when you include mental complaints. Try it! I dare you to go on a “complaint diet”: 7 days,…
May 21, 2010
30 Methods of Influence: #13 If Offended, Take the Initiative
“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 13. If offended, take the initiative. If someone offends you unknowingly and continues to do so, take…
May 20, 2010
10 Ways to Live to 100
One of my personal goals is to live to be 100 AND to be healthy and happy the whole way. I don’t want to just…
May 19, 2010
Expect Success, Plan for Failure
The more complex a system or situation, the more true this phrase is. I am a firm believer in having backups within backups for all…
May 18, 2010
Your Tendency Is Not Your Destiny
It’s my genes. I can’t help it! Fuhgeddaboudit! You are responsible, you are Response-Able. Don’t believe me? How about some science to back me up.…
May 17, 2010
Book Smarts vs. Street Smarts: “Rethinking the MBA”
“Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads” (by Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin, and Patrick Cullen; Harvard Business Press) is an examination of…
May 14, 2010
30 Methods of Influence: #12 Give an Understanding Response
12. Give an understanding response. Using the understanding response (reflecting back feeling), three good things happen: 1) you gain increased understanding and clarity of feelings…
May 13, 2010
Birthday
Yesterday, May 11th, was my birthday, the date of my birth. I think of birthdays as a great time to reflect, as accountability checkpoints. What…
May 12, 2010
Is an A Really a B?
Grade inflation is back. After a big episode during the Vietnam war to protect students’ draft deferments, grade inflation re-emerged in force starting in 1986,…
May 10, 2010
Pop-Cap: Looters in Loafers
Simply because something is not illegal does not make it right, moral, or ethical. Much of the economic meltdown that lead to the Great Recession…
May 7, 2010
30 Methods of Influence: #11 Reward Open, Honest Expressions or Questions
“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 11. Reward open, honest expressions or questions. Too often we punish honest, open expressions or questions. We…
May 6, 2010
5 Things You Cannot Change
1. Everything changes and ends Nothing lasts forever, every beginning is the start of an end. Relationships end, people die. Seasons turn, things change. Get…
May 5, 2010
You Can’t Win If You Don’t Play
You can’t win the game sitting on the bench. It’s hard to impact results standing on the sidelines. You have to get involved. You have…
May 4, 2010
The 5 A’s We All Need
Primates are unusual among mammals. In times of danger or crisis, most mammals run somewhere. We humans tend to run to someone. We need each…
May 3, 2010