Two kids take a math test. Both get a “C.” One kid looks at his grade and thinks, “I’m just not good at math. I don’t know why I bother studying.” The other looks at her grade and thinks, “I should have studied more. Next time I’ll study harder and do better.” Both have the [...]
It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since many of us began working from home full-time. Over the last 12 months we’ve seen a rapid change in how and where we work. We’ve moved from offices to working on kitchen tables. To setting up sit-stand desks, webcams, microphones, and backgrounds for video calls. Some [...]
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things DoneBy: Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan Execution is the main reason companies fall short of their promises, and the gap between what a company's leaders want to achieve and the ability of their organizations to deliver it. Strategies fail most often because they aren't executed well. Leaders play a [...]
Jeff Bezos rocked the world when he announced that he was stepping down as CEO of Amazon. Jeff founded the company in 1994 as a small online bookstore. In 27 years he turned Amazon into an unrivaled tech powerhouse selling over 350 million products and growing it to a trillion-dollar business. In Bezos’ email announcing [...]
I’m not a fan of New Year’s resolutions. They’re all hype and the vast majority fizzle out by February. In fact, less than 10% of people achieve their goals. They lose focus, they become overwhelmed, they find excuses, and so many other reasons. But what the new year does bring, is it allows us to [...]
Why is it that a person who can seemingly have everything be miserable, while another who has very little be happy? We all know someone who has all that it would take to be happy and yet are not. The friend who has so much, but constantly complains. The manager who is never satisfied no [...]
Intel hired me as an intern for the semester working as a programmer in the Information Technology (IT) department. At the time, IT wasn’t my passion, but I loved technology and the job sounded fun. What I soon discovered though, was that the more I made an impact in my work, the more I fell [...]
Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback WellBy Shelia Heen & Douglas Stone Feedback always comes up when people are asked to list the most difficult conversations they have. When we give feedback, we notice that the receiver isn’t good at receiving it. When we receive feedback, we notice that the [...]
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”— Leonardo da Vinci Simple is harder than it looks. It takes time. It takes thought. It takes removing precious work you have invested hours in. It means creating with the goal of simplicity from the start, boiling things down to the essentials, and endless revision. Simple is essential for success. [...]
My kids are big fans of chocolate milk. One morning when we were running errands, they were adamant about getting chocolate milk at Starbucks. I wasn’t particularly looking forward to two young kids all hopped up on sugar. Plus, we were short on time. “Sorry guys, we gotta get going if we are to make [...]
