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Forget New Year’s Resolutions
Forget New Year’s Resolutions
Better a small promise kept than a larger one broken. Most New Year’s Resolutions fail because they are lofty goals with insufficient foundation. If it…
January 2, 2020
Feet of Clay Can Still Run a Fleet Race
When I first started blogging on ‘Personal Leadership’, someone approached me and in effect said: “How can you write about such things? You are no…
November 4, 2014
How to Win Friends and Influence People
I discovered Dale Carnegie’s classic, “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” in my early twenties. I had long since vowed to live no ordinary…
March 12, 2008
The Secret of Success is No Secret
Toyota recently surpassed General Motors in the number of cars sold in the United States. Toyota enjoys a hard-won and long-held reputation as an innovative…
May 21, 2008
“Pleased But Not Satisfied”
“Pleased But Not Satisfied” is a self-published book by David L. Sokol, chairman of MidAmerican Energy, a major subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. Sokol recently was…
September 13, 2010
If This Isn’t in Your Mental Toolbox, You Are Handicapped
I’m a big believer that solid, steady progress wins most races over the long haul and that the mastery of the basics, day in and…
April 19, 2022
The Wolf at the Door
What motivates? In the final analysis, pain and pleasure. We move away from pain, we move toward pleasure. There are as many permutations and ramifications…
October 11, 2010
CapEx: Yea or Nay?
I lead a small organization of just under 500 Team Members. Creativity, Engagement, and Empowerment are all characteristics we wish to encourage; delegating responsibility and…
February 2, 2016
How Strong is a Chain with a Broken Link?
“How Strong is a Chain with a Broken Link?” is a rhetorical question if ever there was one: a broken link = a broken chain.…
December 22, 2020
In Praise of Incremental Failure
Many of us are afraid of failure. Yet there are certain kinds of “failure” that can be beneficial. I’m defining incremental failure as progress that…
April 4, 2011