I heard an interview with Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski that resonated with me.  “I love leadership.”  He offered his reasoning.  “It’s dynamic. Always changing. Because it involves people, who are always changing. It’s new and fresh every day.” “I can always get better as a leader. There’s no way to be a perfect […]

  Neil Pasricha is an author and entrepreneur from Canada. His parents were immigrants from India. He had a good life as his parents raised him in an environment very different from the stark poverty they had experienced. He was part of the middle class in North America, with birthday parties and McDonald’s hamburgers. As […]

  I saw this parenting advice today: “The healthiest kids come from environments that do two things: encourage them with warmth and give them high expectations.” While it certainly applies to parenting, the advice is universally sound. Substitute the word “kids” with words like “relationships,” “teams,” “enterprises,” and “schools.” You get it. They all work […]

“Everything you want is on the other side of ‘hard’.” – CJ McCollum, NBA player McCollum is a story of overachievement.  He was undersized.  Played college basketball at a non-descript school.  Was a long shot to be an NBA player but worked his way to being a first-round draft pick and was a solid star in his 10th […]