“Focus on building a track record of success, and people will keep betting on you.” I was reading an article by Adam Bryant, a columnist from the New York Times.  For 10 years, he’s written a weekly column where he interviews a CEO and describes what he learns.  He is wrapping up this series and is moving […]

If you study the war, you learn King George’s strategy was to wage a war of endurance.  He’d just throw more people and guns at us until we were exhausted and quit from fatigue.  He underestimated the will of the Americans to have their freedom.  His country was ultimately the one who surrendered. Here’s what […]

Emotional intelligence checklist:  Listen. Seek first to understand.  Respect others. Accept everyone for who they are. Understand that there is hidden potential in every person. Work to discover   it. Care for others. Genuine caring is authentic. You can’t fake it. Communicate. Constantly. Courageously. Transparently. Whatever the tension, maintain composure. Don’t burn the bridge. Be accountable, […]

I was reading a book called The Progress Principle.  The essence of the book is simple: people want to feel positive about the work they do.  The single largest factor that contributes to positive feelings is having a sense that you are making progress.  You are probably thinking, “That’s obvious.” Me too.  But the authors of […]