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Pre-Positioning
Racquetball has been my exercise passion ever since I took it up in my early twenties on concrete three-wall courts on the University of Florida…
March 4, 2009PopCap: Three Reasons Why Wall Street Bonus Plans Don’t/Can’t Work
(A Populist Capitalist Blog) The headlines are full of stories of huge Wall Street and CEO bonuses in spite of their companies’ disastrous financial results.…
February 20, 2009Teachable Moments
What are teachable moments? They’re moments when people can be reached, either because something has just happened that serves as a memorable real-life example of…
February 18, 2009“Driven way beyond anyone else I’d ever met.”
What makes for success? What is the “secret” of extra-ordinary success? Success beyond the everyday, super-star success? Mind-blowing, stupendous, stellar success? Sorry, no one answer.…
February 17, 2009Whatever it takes
What defines a successful organization? There are lots of answers to that query and bookshelves groan with treatises addressing the question. One solid reply is…
January 27, 2009You can have ANYTHING you want
You can have ANYTHING you want. You just can’t have EVERYTHING you want. Choices must be made, resources allocated. And if you want to be…
January 23, 2009A Moment That Will Define a Generation
On January 20th, 2009, Barack Obama took the oath of office as the 44th President of these United States. I have excerpted several phrases from…
January 21, 2009Accountability Checkpoint
“Do you have any plans?” “Oh, yeah! Tons of them! Big! Epic! Life changing! Plans!” “Any that have the slightest chance of actually happening?” “Not…
January 19, 2009Cool, Calm, and Collected
These are two of my personal affirmations: – I am cool, calm, and collected. – I radiate confidence and composure. Needless to say, given the…
January 15, 2009The Difference is Small
What is the difference between greatness and mediocrity? “The difference between the two is very small. It’s less that one makes 90% good decisions and…
January 14, 2009Success is Never Final
Success is never final. It repeatedly must be re-won. The minute you are finished, entropy sets in. The minute you are born, the process of…
January 9, 2009