Your IQ score (intelligence score) predicts two things very well. The first prediction is heavily empirically supported. The second prediction comes solely from my personal
“I didn’t mean to run you over with my car and put you in the emergency room…” “I didn’t mean to take credit for your
When I mentor people, they often ask me for my thoughts about specific career choices they are considering. Invariably, the questions fall into two categories.
The key to having a wildly successful career and a happy life is to attract the right people towards you. At work, you want the
When communicating complex ideas, simplify your message to enhance your audience’s conceptual understanding (even if what you say is less technically precise). When learning something
The simplest way to make any career decision is to choose the career option that gives you the greatest progress toward your career and/or life
All relationships work more smoothly when expectations are clear and explicit. The opposite of an explicit expectation is an implied
Some goals are overwhelming to the point where you feel frozen and unable to start. This is a sign that
In difficult times, it helps enormously to have psychological resilience against unexpected obstacles, stressors, and uncertainty. If today’s world doesn’t
When times get difficult, it’s natural to want to step back, play defense, and wait for conditions to get better.
Through many of my struggles and failures in life, I’ve become far more acquainted with adversity than I ever wanted.
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about the organization chart for public health here in the
When I work with a new CEO client, I do two things. First, I ask them to explain the business
In a crisis, leadership and salesmanship (or saleswomanship) are the exact same thing. Think about it. What are the attributes
Are you managing your feelings or are your feelings managing you? This is a profoundly important question to ask yourself.
Most of my client work over the past decade has been centered around helping software companies scale up to become
