It’s important to be unliked
When I first got into business an iconic veteran in our industry told me “only half the people will like you if you’re doing your job.” I found her to be right, and wrong. I work hard to make it…
When I first got into business an iconic veteran in our industry told me “only half the people will like you if you’re doing your job.” I found her to be right, and wrong. I work hard to make it…
My friend Dave is reading City of Thieves by David Benioff. He sent me this passage: “Talent must be a fanatical mistress.She’s beautiful;when you’re with her, people watch you, they notice. But she bangs on your door at odd hours,…
We are about to embark on our 20th anniversary of my little now not so little company. I’ve been ruminating about how to honor the passing of time and mostly thinking of all the landmines I’ve somehow avoided, the shrapnel…
For a couple years I’ve been invited to talk with a group of young people about “success”, a word that is so personal it’s crazy to quantify. I’ve been thinking about my talk for days, frustrated by not coming up…
Thank God, a long time ago somebody made staying sober so simple “don’t drink and go to meetings”. I know for certain their is nothing easy about that AND it absolutely is that simple. I seem to seek the complex…
In business, success shows up when I keep things as simple as I possibly can and when I narrow down specific behavior and activities that yield the best results. I repetitively do the same things over and over and over…
I gave a talk recently to a group of wildly ambitious leaders. They were young and hungry and striving so hard to build, accomplish, accumulate and achieve. They defined my success as something they wanted.. and grilled me for hours…