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The Obligations of Power
I want to live in a fair society, a just society where hard work, intelligently directed, is rewarded as frequently as possible. Outcomes cannot be…
November 17, 2008
Talent is Overrated
The basic thesis of “Talent is Overrated,” by Geoff Covin (senior editor at large for Fortune magazine), is that hard work, smart work, count for…
November 11, 2008
Learning to Single-Task
I like to say I multi-task. The truth is a lot closer to saying I have trouble paying attention, staying on task, focusing on the…
November 6, 2008
Connecting With Your Future Self
Edward Albee won his third Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play “Three Tall Women.” Three actors on stage (four if you count the mannequin…
November 5, 2008
The Limits of Group Intelligence
“If they see other successful people going into something, they don’t do the due diligence because they think someone else did it for them.” “Hotel…
October 24, 2008
Moving Meditation
The ability to focus the mind, to harness the will, to stay on purpose is an awesome ability, a stupendous skill, a tremendous tool. He…
October 21, 2008
Complacency is a Champion’s Greats Foe
Q: “Do you feel rich?” A: “No. I think I always have a fear that whatever I have could leave, and it’s very temporary. I’ve…
October 20, 2008
Delineating Known Failure Paths vs. Constructive Guidance vs. Dousing Creative Enthusiasm
I hear innumerable ideas, which is wonderful. I really enjoy creative enthusiasm. At the same time, I know how far a journey it is from…
October 17, 2008
Two Sets of Skills
It takes one set of skills to get to the mountain top, a whole other set of skills to stay there. The drive that propels…
October 13, 2008
If everything is a priority, then nothing is a priority.
When everything is a priority, then nothing is a priority. If everything is important, then nothing is important. Medicine responds to this potential dilemma with…
October 2, 2008
If it were easy, everyone would do it…
If it were easy, everyone would do it. And it would already be done. Face it, 90 percent of the time the easy stuff has…
October 1, 2008