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Principles of Communication
Principles of Communication for Collier Enterprises and Paradigm Properties Open Communication: I strongly believe in low hierarchy, team oriented culture with open, free flowing, 360-degree…
September 9, 2007
30 Methods of Influence
Listed here are Thirty Methods of Influence from Stephen R. Covey’s “Principle-Centered Leadership,” (Simon & Schuster, pp. 119-128). I could easily write a blog on…
April 28, 2008
Living with the Power of Self Knowledge: Humans are not rational decision making machines, duh!
One of the worst “gifts” of traditional economics to our culture was the idea the rational man—a cool, calm, calculating machine whose analytical thought process…
May 23, 2013
Success Theater
When a culture cares more about optics than reality, when you put too much emphasis on presentation versus performance, when you care more about how…
March 20, 2018
Understanding the Overton Window
The Overton window is the range of generally accepted, politically or socially, ideas in a culture or sub-culture. This window moves over time: “Positions which…
May 7, 2020
Mentor’s Reply to Young Entrepreneur’s Questions (Part XVIII)
Good morning Mr. Collier, Here are some questions I have been pondering, when you get a moment could you please answer? Thank you for your…
April 25, 2017
“The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way”
“The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way,” by Amanda Ripley (Simon and Schuster; 320 pages: $28) Journalist Ripley tours the…
September 26, 2013
“The Long and Winding Road”
Steve Ballmer has been the CEO of Microsoft since 2000 and by his own admission he is a “chop, chop, chop, chop, chop” (yes, that’s…
June 25, 2009
Constructive Conflict: Three Styles That Fail, One That Works
Count on clashes; people see the world differently, people are different. Given that conflict is foreseeable, how to disagree constructively, in ways that lead…
May 28, 2015
Does Happiness Take Work?
The short answer is: “Yes, sometimes, even often.” Why? Because our impulses, our intuitions, our social conditioning around what will make us happy are all…
April 5, 2022