The Study of Mistakes
When I was in school, my strongest subjects were in STEM — science and math specifically. In high school, I was required to study history.
May 12, 2022
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Effectiveness or Pleasure
There’s a saying I’ve lived by for quite some time now. If you’re going to do something, you should either strive to do it well…
April 16, 2022
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Handshake, Kiss, or Bow
I’ve had the good fortune of working and socializing with people from a wide variety of cultures. One of the challenges of such international interactions
April 16, 2022
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Keep Moving Forward
One of my professional mentors taught me a very useful tip on how to travel when flights get canceled due to bad weather. He had
April 15, 2022
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Market Cycles
All things have a natural cycle. The sun rises; the sun sets. The tide comes in; the tide goes out. Jobs are easy to get;
April 15, 2022
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Mutually Beneficial
In the long run, the only type of relationship that endures is the mutually beneficial one. One-sided relationships — whether they are vendor-customer, spouse-spouse, or
April 15, 2022
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The Willingness to Be Wrong
There’s a subject that few people ever talk about. It’s something that has the ability to change the trajectory of
Immunity from Disappointment
The other day, someone asked me about how to be more emotionally resilient in the face of obstacles and failures.
Psychological Resilience
In difficult times, it helps enormously to have psychological resilience against unexpected obstacles, stressors, and uncertainty. If today’s world doesn’t
The Uncertainty Arbitrage
There is a simple principle the underlies the relationship between client and consulting firm. It is something I call the uncertainty arbitrage.
Do you Play to Win or to Not Lose?
I find strategy concepts that I would typically use in the business realm are often surprisingly useful when moved to
How to Deal with a Credit Hog
Following is an email I received from an F1Y who has encountered what I see as a big problem in
How to Become a U.S. Congressman (or Woman)
Today, I’m going to cover something different. I’m to going to explain how to be one of the 500 most
How to Stop Having Stupid Useless Meetings
One of the biggest jokes about working in industry is how many stupid useless meetings one “must” attend. Whether you
How to Tell Someone They’re Totally Wrong
In a recent article, I wrote about an interesting application of the 80/20 rule as it applies to musical songwriting. I
When & Why “A” Players Get Fired
The majority of the time, it pays to be an “A” player — a superstar achiever — in your company.