Do you feel like a winner today?                         Did your team hit its goals? Did you make progress? Rosabeth Moss Kanter studied teams that win and teams that lose. She found that winning teams have some advantages over losing teams. Winning teams: Have a better attitude. Enjoy hanging out with each other. Are more open to […]

Charlie Munger is Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and shared the stage with Warren Buffett at the annual shareholders meeting I attended in Omaha. Munger, who is 92 years old, let Buffett do most of the talking, but Warren always asked him if he had anything to add. Frequently he did. His quotes during the event […]

My wife and I moved into a different house and discovered the air conditioning wasn’t working right. We had an AC company send a technician out. It took him all day, but he fixed it. Here’s what I appreciate about him. He arrived with a ready solution to fix our problem, but after we explained […]

Are you hardy? Being hardy is associated with being tough. Hardy people show up. They make it through the hard times. They can make bad situations better. You want hardy people in your “foxhole.” Hardy people are made, not born. Somewhere along the way, you have learned to be hardy. Someone inspired you. They guided […]