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The Grass is Greener on the Other Side of the Fence Because…
We all know that more money does not automatically translate into more happiness. Unfortunately, that knowledge tends to be an abstract, intellectual one. Too often…
February 3, 2010
WSJ: Thinking Happy Thoughts at Work?
The Wall Street Journal has gone New Age. Or maybe Wall Street is finally just catching up with the wisdom of our grandparents. In a…
January 28, 2010
Leadership and Perceptions of Power
“People impute all kinds of things to leaders, and sometimes it is thinking of them as disproportionately powerful and imagining them to be much more…
January 22, 2010
The Perils of Ageism
Your beliefs strongly affect your reality. To a large extent, in ways small and large, our beliefs create our reality. How we see the world…
January 20, 2010
The Power of Internal Validation
Where do you get your sense of validation? Your sense of self? Your sense of approval? “I am who I am every day. I don’t…
January 19, 2010
Experts Often Aren¹t (Take 2)
Insiders in a field know that frequently there is more room for professional judgment in certain pronouncements than the general public realizes. Often that is…
January 18, 2010
What Difference Do You Make?
There is a motivational website I bookmarked called Think TQ. I visit the site regularly because it has a message of the day, which frequently…
January 14, 2010
Exceed Expectations
Someone once asked me what goals should be set for a new hire. My answer was simple: – Exceed expectations. – Impress me. –…
January 13, 2010
Experts Often Aren’t: Expertise (and Experts) Are Over Rated
How did we get in this financial mess? How were we led over an economic cliff? Was it because we trusted the wrong experts? Or…
January 12, 2010
Emotional Intelligence
What is emotional intelligence? Why does it matter? In today’s hyper-competitive environment, technical ability and intellectual talent are taken as a given, merely table…
January 11, 2010
Fatalism vs. Future Orientation
It’s the old question: “Que sera, sera” vs. “Where there is a will, there is a way.” Or in psych speak, fatalism vs. future orientation.…
January 7, 2010