That’s right – some times, you just have to remember that when every hope is gone it’s simply time to move on. If you know you can’t crack management’s obtuse perception, if there’s no room for you on the next rung of the corporate ladder, if your best friend takes advantage of your generosity – whatever it is…..you either grab yourself a Star Wars episode IV-style New Hope, or you just put the right foot in front of the left, and repeat. [Read more]
Management Excellence: The Joker
March 14, 2011 By 1 Comment
A Problem Solving joke: The number puzzle
March 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A friend sent me a joke this week. It was clever, but it also contained a couple of good messages about not letting a problem get in your way, thinking sideways and not letting a someone who’s lost in linear thought get the best of you. [Read more]
The angry myth
March 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Admit it, we all do it. We all get angry and try to use that anger to bend others to our will. Kids, strangers, signifcant others, the kid at the deli counter, the guy in accounting…..they’re all subject to our ire and they can be forced to comply. Sometimes – maybe even most of the time – we’ll see them cave in and give us what we want. Unfortuantely, that cooperation rarely lasts for long. [Read more]
Why I adopt rescued dogs
February 28, 2011 By 2 Comments
Will a change of scenery fix it?
February 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
act of the matter is, unless the environment of the place you’re in is actually causing you problems, like Love Canal, simply changing the scenery won’t help you with your problems. Taking bad relationships, bad habits, bad ideas and bad behavior into a new environment doesn’t to lessen any of those ills. Usually, it only serves to poison the environment. [Read more]
Dear NFL, we need to talk.
February 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We’ve seen this coming for a long time, and now it’s finally time to get some things out into the open. It’s bad enough that years have gone by, knowing that past agreements would come to an end and nothing was done to prevent the current situation. On top of that, you’re cancelling meetings to [...]
The importance of doubt.
February 7, 2011 By 2 Comments
I think that doubt, especially self doubt, is a necessary component of humility. If you buy into that, then becoming truly great at anything necessitates realizing that you very often don’t have any clue what it is you are doing. Doubting your own abilities and decisions is what causes you to step back, reflect, seek advice from others, and adjust your behaviors to yield a better outcome. Only those who are not humble lack self-doubt. [Read more]
Putting a Band Aid on a sense of purpose.
December 2, 2010 By 3 Comments
(I return from a month-long hiatus from the blogging! More on that in an upcoming post. For now, however, let’s get into the Holiday mood!) The other morning I was in the Holiday spirit and so I turned on the 24×7 all-Christmas station. I heard the drums, the bells, then the voice of Paul Young singing, [...]
Let the Personality Show
September 8, 2010 By 2 Comments
I’ve encountered a few offices where personality literally hung from the walls. In these spaces, people were free to decorate the walls with almost anything that came to mind. While the atmosphere was bizarre at first, after a while, you began to get the sense that people weren’t just free to decorate – they were [...]
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