A popular career blogger once tried to make the argument that Christmas is destroying corporate America on CBSNews.com. I kid you not. Unfortunately, yours truly had a blog on the same site at the time. I remember thinking, Crap, there goes the neighborhood … and my credibility. Then again, the[…] Read On
Mortality is the one subject we’d all just as soon avoid. Death may be inevitable – the one thing we all have in common – but that doesn’t mean we have to think about it or, God forbid, talk about it. At least not today. I mean, why ruin a[…] Read On
Everyone procrastinates. When there is work to be done, we will make every excuse imaginable not to do it. We will put it off and put it off until we have absolutely no choice but to bite the bullet and get it done. The question is, is that such a[…] Read On
ICYI, here are 10 random things about my writing. Why? Why not? Also I thought it might be interesting. 1. My sainted wife Kim has never read a thing I’ve written. Ever. Not the book, the columns, the blog posts … nada. She says living with me is annoying enough.[…] Read On
Today marks the first anniversary of my first book, Real Leaders Don’t Follow. How do I feel about that? Pretty darn good. It was a royal pain in the butt to get it written, edited and published, but it was well received at launch and sales continue to exceed my[…] Read On
One of the biggest problems I see is a growing tendency to think in black-and-white terms when the real world exists entirely in shades of gray. Simplicity has its limits. In reality, things are almost never as they seem. Virtually all the successful people I’ve known over the years are[…] Read On
People will always dangle carrots in front of you, only to yank them away at the very last second. You would not believe how many “sure things” and “done deals” I’ve had fall apart on me at the last minute. And I’ve been passed over for promised jobs and promotions[…] Read On