Maybe it's time we should stop hacking and seek to master, instead. Over the past 40 years, Americans have come to trust almost every institution less... except perhaps for the military. Over the last 15-20 years, we’ve come to...
Posts in: high performance
“I never realized how stuck I was, until I wasn’t.”In our consulting business, we work with some of the best, brightest, and most high performing people on the planet (clients, partners, and colleagues). We help the best become...
"The impulse to possess is alive in every heart, and some people choose vast plains, some people choose high mountains, some people choose wide seas, and some people choose husbands; I chose to possess myself." I’ve loved this...
Over the past several months, I’ve received applause for my blog, “The Death of the Traditional Out-of-Office,” recognizing its approach to changing what some may view as a mindless business behavior to one that is intentional...
Some days, don’t you wish you could be just like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz? You could simply close your eyes, click your heels together three times, and immediately transport yourself to where you want to be. Last time I...
Life would be great if all of us aspired to achieve some degree of doing more, being more, and giving more. I’m blessed to work among a group of clients and colleagues who work very hard to rise to that possibility. As impressive...
When making a list of all our favorite things about the holiday season, the main highlights are often our favorite rituals - ceremonial acts repeated in a set precise manner. Every year we can count on the cranberries to appear...
I’m not easily intimidated, but as soon as class began, I knew I was dead meat. In the first 20 minutes, the instructor said “GEAR UP!!” Six times – and she wasn’t kidding. I could feel the passion oozing from her heart, see the...
Thanks, Mom! Every year, for the better part of 50 years, I take a small stab at being a good son by accompanying my Mom to High Holy Day services at our family’s synagogue. I’m not a particularly religious person, but there’s...
