Leadership
Want to be happier, more positive and more successful? Understand and embrace the rules of the game.
One of the biggest inhibitors to happiness and success is people not understanding and embracing the rules of the game. Your reality is what it is. You can do things to change that, sure, but for the most part these things are, well, reality. People who constantly struggle to accept their own reality are always…
Read MoreStop doing other people’s jobs #blindpost
This is a #blindpost. When I first read this headline, you’ll see I took it in a bit of a different direction than the original author’s intention (included below in case you’re curious). Almost every over-achiever I know could use this advice. Because they are over-achievers and very good at excelling at anything they do,…
Read MoreFacebook’s tenets
I’m a big “tenets” guy. All the teams that report to me at Engauge are required to have three core tenets that define their team’s mission and their goals for the year. A friend recently shared with me Facebook’s core tenets. I’m not sure exactly how official these are, but they seem to make sense…
Read MoreSome thoughts on leadership coming out of the 2012 Chick-fil-A Leadercast event
I was really excited to be able to attend Chick-fil-A’s Leadercast event last week. They always get incredible speakers and, while they are all obviously focused on leadership (notes from a past session I took by Seth Godin), they all have a theme and this one was on the power of choices. A few of…
Read More8 Qualities of Remarkable Employees #blindpost
I write a lot of #blindpost’s, which means I read a headline and then write a post without reading the original article, to see where I’ll end up with it. This one was on Inc.com entitled, The 8 Qualities of Remarkable Employees. Here are the 8 qualities that I think make remarkable employees 1. They are…
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