Posted on October 23, 2007
In my first book (Love Is The Killer App), I advocated sharing knowledge as a gift. The best way to do that is to recommend great books you’ve read to your bizmates. Many times, those books offer highly relevant advice that solves a real business problem. If one of your colleagues is struggling with a …
Posted on October 18, 2007
Too often, when we move on in our career — we move on in our relationships too. I’ve learned that a thanked mentor is a repeat mentor. Have you been helped by a generous boss in your past? Did she show you how to be more successful? Did he support you when no one else …
Posted on October 16, 2007
I call abundance thinkers Big Pie People. They see the pie of life as big enough for everyone to get a slice. They’re the ones that discuss possibilities instead of limitations. They approach every shortage as a creative challenge. They see the light at the end of the tunnel rather than the darkness that surrounds …
Posted on October 9, 2007
I believe that most of the damage we do to the world, including our employees, is a matter of bad habits or improper design. Most environmental damage is the result of a design that makes waste as a byproduct of profits. Most leadership damage comes from the insular, self-promoting habits we form early on in …
Posted on October 4, 2007
This week’s video post tackles the out of date notion that we live in a dog eat dog world. This is an excerpt from the bonus footage on my L Factor DVD. If you haven’t picked up a copy yet, please support my blog and buy one today. Email subscribers: Click here to view the …
Posted on September 27, 2007
Sometimes you can turn a great working relationship into a broken one over email. Think about how many emails you exchange with your partners at work. Take, for example, the last fifty emails you’ve sent your right hand person (if you have one). If you isolated them, and just read what you wrote, should you …
Posted on September 19, 2007
I’m doing a speaking engagement tomorrow in Orlando at the Convention Center inside Disney World. Every time I stay here, I’m reminded of the service legacy of the great Walt Disney. He was one of the first people ever attributed with the saying, “Long after people forget what you did for them, they will remember …
Posted on September 5, 2007
I blogged a few weeks ago about David Lynch’s wonderful autobio book: Catching the Big Fish. His life, much like most of ours, is all about creativity and execution. You come up with an idea, then you make it happen. Most of execution is actually a series of smaller creative ideas, to solve the challenges …
Posted on August 31, 2007
For the first time in three years, I don’t have a speaking gig over the Labor Day break. Yahoo! Labor Day is an important day to take off, because you won’t have another one until Thanksgiving — and that will have some serious obligations attached to it most likely. Christmas is much the same, time …
Posted on August 29, 2007
Horst Rechelbacher, the founder of personal care product maker Aveda, has a great way of leveraging meditation to sharpen his business effectiveness. At the end of each day, he spends a few minutes recollecting his day’s activities and accomplishments. He puts himself in a quiet space, closes his eyes and plays back the day’s game …
