Simplification vs. Nuance
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
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
I like businesses that are simple for me to understand. A company has a product or service that solves a customer’s problem. The customer hates
Below is a question I received from a candidate about a specific case given to them, and my response about how to keep it simple.
Years ago, a client of mine taught me an influential leadership framework called: See, Think, Do The idea is that if you want an employee,
A lot of very smart people find themselves preoccupied with debates on whether certain negative self-beliefs are true. Maybe I will never amount to anything
The late Earl Nightingale, the godfather of the self-improvement industry, had a great quote that really resonates with me. It
One of my earlier mentors built a company from 30 employees to over 10,000 in 10 years. He took a
In most of my work, I focus on helping a client overcome some external obstacle getting in the way of
At some point in your life or career, you will face a decision. It will be a choice between doing
One of the great paradoxes of being competent at something is the willingness to be temporarily incompetent at it first.
In psychology, the “halo effect” refers to a psychological tendency where the impression of a person in one area carries
What is the opposite of success? If you’re like most people, your instinctive response is “failure.” This success vs. failure
When we admire someone, we appreciate and feel inspired by what they’ve accomplished. Admiration is a feeling based in appreciation,
I’ve always been fascinated by the ocean. This was especially the case when I was at Stanford. At the end
I spent most of my life thinking of adversity as the obstacle between me and success. Over the last three