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This Quote is Only Half True
“Progress doesn’t come from early risers — progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.” – Robert Heinlein Robert Heinlein…
December 19, 2023
“I was left with the impression it was resolved” – Thoughts on the Importance of Full Disclosure and Closure
What are the key elements of leadership? What are the vital roles of a manager? How do you develop people to their fullest, most effective…
December 14, 2023
Little is Large
Folks, there is no mystical key, no hidden secret, no big, concealed trick to success, happiness, or prosperity. Thomas Alva Edison’s famous saying applies in…
December 7, 2023
It’s Hard to See Reality from Your Desk
My company owns and manages apartments. I’m well past retirement age, in my 70’s, my official title is Chair and my responsibilities, such as they…
November 30, 2023
Who Runs You?
The reflexive answer is “I do, of course!” But do you really? How much of our behavior is unthinking, unanalyzed routine? Goalless habit? Or simply…
November 28, 2023
How Good is Your Doorman?
Every day, every moment, we are bombarded with a tsunami of impressions and potential inputs into our consciousness. What we choose, and we DO have…
November 16, 2023
I Told My Team
Recently a situation requiring sensitivity and finesse, was not handled thus even though we had recently covered the topic with our middle managers. When it…
November 14, 2023
Touching Your Mental Toes
Folks, true confession, I love stability and security. I find comfort in my routines and settled practices. Come 2025, I will have lived on the…
November 2, 2023
Tired of Pretty Words, Can I Just Have Accountability?
In business, I’ve heard a lot of pretty words over the years. Promises and commitments. Sincerely spoken by earnest folk who intended every word. Unfortunately,…
October 31, 2023
Listless
One fine day recently I was feeling a bit off. In my search for the why and deeper self-awareness, I started to write out how…
October 26, 2023
Success Scares Me
Why do I find success scary? Because right behind success comes overconfidence. Call it what you will: resting on your laurels, calling it in instead…
October 17, 2023