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“How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character”
“How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character,” by Paul Tough, a former editor at New York Times Magazine, focuses on the…
February 26, 2013
Self Awareness: Super Achiever’s Secret
How do you react when you find an obstacle in your path? Do you focus on external reasons for failure? See outcomes as beyond your…
February 21, 2013
One Hundred Days of Rejection
Jia Jiang is putting himself out there big time. He is making at least one “crazy request” each day for 100 days in order to…
February 14, 2013
Broken Windows: Why the Little Things Can Be Big Things
Some things set the tone for other things. Norms are established, announcing what is accepted or permitted and what is not. Some things can be…
January 31, 2013
Five Power Thoughts for 2013
Every new year I pick five areas to concentrate on, five areas that I believe represent the highest leverage points of personal or professional growth.…
January 8, 2013
2012’s Five: A Look Back
At 60, as I enter the final third of my life, my thoughts dwell more on significance than on success, on spirituality more than materiality.…
January 3, 2013
What is your 生き甲斐 ?
生き甲斐 translates from Japanese as ikigai (pronounced ee-ki-guy), which means “reason for being” Or put another way, – What gets you bounding out of bed…
November 13, 2012
The Joys of Radical Acceptance
Everyone wants to change the world, no one wants to change themselves. Truer still, we want others to change (our partner, our kids, our boss).…
October 4, 2012
Successful Failure
A successful failure is one that is not fatal or catastrophic, from which comes a material or equivalent learning experience. Successful failures are errors or…
September 13, 2012
Meet Like a CEO: The Higher You Go, The Shorter the Meeting
On Sundays, The New York Times runs a series called “The Corner Office,” fascinating weekly interviews with CEOs of small- and mid-sized companies. While each…
August 16, 2012
Under-Indulgence
Which tastes better? The first bite of that huge piece of mouth-watering chocolate cake or the last? Most say the first and by the last,…
August 14, 2012