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Survival

In business survival can take many forms. We all have seen the office politician that is playing all of the angles so that they maintain a position of importance within the company. Or, we have seen the person who does enough to be just productive enough to not raise any eyebrows, one way or the […]

You Can Always Say No…

Sometimes in business, the best thing you can say is no. When you are growing a business or in a business, the toughest thing can be to say no. But sometimes that is the best thing to say.

Core Skills

I find myself thinking about skills and education a lot lately. One of the challenges I think our education system faces is that we have gotten to a point where we are afraid to challenge our kids and if we do challenge them, we are afraid if they don’t live up to our expectations. Also, […]

Hindsight

Everyone has pretty strong hindsight…that’s why we have the cliche. Foresight is a much more rare commodity. And, it is something that you need to develop, no matter if you are 14 or 40. How do you develop it, by taking risks…as you take risks, you will begin to see patterns. Sure, you will make […]

Contemplation

As we head into the Memorial Day weekend here in America, it is good to take another moment to reflect on your successes and failures in the first part of the year. How did you do? How do you want to do things differently in the second half of the year?

What Is Your Bias?

We all have biases…which reminds me of the long running Off-Broadway and Broadway musical, Avenue Q that says “everyone is a little bit racist, sometimes.” But in this context I mean we all have biases in how we operate in our professional and personal lives. Is your bias one of contemplation or of action? Indecision […]

Basics…

Sometimes I see people complain about a focus on the rudimentary or the, seemingly, obvious things in business. But, too often, the rudimentary and obvious are the first things to be missed.