80% of what worries you will never happen Action spurs activity Do what you hate, first When in doubt, talk about and resolve it Change creates challenges which offer opportunities Without meaning, there is no commitment. The pain of changing must be less than the pain of staying the same. Most people need structure and …
Boredom Anger Frustration Trouble concentrating Withdrawn Absence Sick days Alcohol/substance usage Ennui
What does success have to do with smarts? I know middling intelligent people who’ve made it big. Some wrote best-selling mystery books, designed killer products, or sold real estate. Some of these folks seemed like they belonged in Densa not Mensa, the genius organization. Each Brand U has one or multiple core competencies or practices. …
“For knowledge workers, ‘How do I perform?’ may be an even more important question than ‘What are my strengths?’ Like one’s strengths, how one performs is unique. It is a matter of personality. Where personality is a matter of nature or nurture, it surely is formed long before each person goes to work. And how …
It is better to solve a problem than face a crisis. John Gunther, Writer
“For virtually every business in the United States, the implications of economic change are enormous. The rapidly changing and more uncertain environment not only has made corporate decision-making and planning more difficult, but also has significantly increased business risks. Operating successfully in this new environment will require a very different approach to business management. It …
All business proceeds on beliefs or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties. Charles Eliot, President Harvard University
We’ve all gone to Starbucks for our daily coffee fix. Twenty customers are waiting in line. A customer can order a ‘double-shot, decaf, grande, iced, half-skim, vanilla, dry, cappuccino.’ Surprisingly the baristos get it right most of the time. Wow! How do they do it? Starbucks has proceduralized the sequence of words and activities that …
Brand U’s are now asking fundamental questions after years of hectic travel, dinner meetings, missing children’s birthdays, and even living in separate cities. Is it all worth it? Are the right choices being made about life, family and work? What happens to missed relationships, family time, graduations, and school plays. Time or specifically the lack …
It’s a good thing that time exists. James Glieck has written a great book called Faster that investigates our most important resource, time. Why is it important? Without it, we wouldn’t live. Things would happen all at once. “Time separates events, leaves a little breathing space between them.”[i] Glieck spends a lot of time analyzing …