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.
When I was in school, my strongest subjects were in STEM — science and math specifically. In high school, I was required to study history.
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…
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
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
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;
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
There’s a subject that few people ever talk about. It’s something that has the ability to change the trajectory of
The other day, someone asked me about how to be more emotionally resilient in the face of obstacles and failures.
In difficult times, it helps enormously to have psychological resilience against unexpected obstacles, stressors, and uncertainty. If today’s world doesn’t
There is a simple principle the underlies the relationship between client and consulting firm. It is something I call the uncertainty arbitrage.
I find strategy concepts that I would typically use in the business realm are often surprisingly useful when moved to
Following is an email I received from an F1Y who has encountered what I see as a big problem in
Today, I’m going to cover something different. I’m to going to explain how to be one of the 500 most
One of the biggest jokes about working in industry is how many stupid useless meetings one “must” attend. Whether you
In a recent article, I wrote about an interesting application of the 80/20 rule as it applies to musical songwriting. I
The majority of the time, it pays to be an “A” player — a superstar achiever — in your company.