Career choices are among the most important decisions you will ever make. And you should make them with your head and your heart. Think about it. What’s more important than your career? Not much. You spend nearly all your waking hours working or with your spouse. The only thing worse[…] Read On
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How Bad Leaders Build Great Companies
What do Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Andy Grove, Steve Jobs, Larry Page, and Mark Zuckerberg all have in common? Besides being some of the most successful founders and CEOs of our time, they’re all well known for being among the most difficult bosses to work for, to put it kindly. Those[…] Read On
This Story Will Totally Have You Believing in Fate
It’s bad enough when an airline loses your luggage; even worse is when some dumbass grabs your bag by mistake. That unfortunate even has happened to me twice on international business trips but the first time has to be one of the hands down craziest, most improbable stories you will[…] Read On
Fear Can Never Hurt You
Sitting in a window seat soon after takeoff, I watched as we passed over the Coney Island shorefront where I grew up. And while that image will always be emblazoned in my mind, I knew in my heart that I could never go home again. Not really. It wasn’t the[…] Read On
Leadership ‘Experts’ are Full of $#*!
I just read an article by a leadership guru on how to tell if you’re a leader and don’t know it. Apparently if you have a pulse you’re a leader. My dog met two of the 10 conditions described in this stunning example of ludicrous clickbait. This self-proclaimed expert has[…] Read On
The Retirement Trap
“Sorry I can’t stick around but, you know the drill,” I said, “Places to go, people to see.” “You know we all end up in the same place, don’t you?” said my lunch buddy. “Why are you always in such a hurry to get there?” I took that as a[…] Read On
The Myth of ‘Make the World a Better Place’
I bet a lot of people watching CNBC yesterday cringed when virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier referenced the anti-vaccine movement that led to a resurgence in potentially deadly childhood diseases like measles and whooping cough. “Think about parents who worry about vaccines,” said Lanier. “I think vaccines are marvelous technology,[…] Read On