I’ve always admired the leaders of get it done, change the world companies and their CEOs; companies like Apple, Facebook and Spanx. But before I get too starry-eyed and wanting to emulate leaders like Jobs, Sandberg and Blakely I have to stop and remind myself that 96% of corporate leaders are...
It all started in kindergarten, or maybe it was preschool. You got a gold star when you did something well. Those gold stars might as well have been made of gold they were so precious. And thus began your structured indoctrination in rewards for work. If you’re anything like me and millions of...
We've all been there. Having a great day. Checking things off the to do list. Then boom! You hit a wall worse than a marathoner bonking at mile 20. You want to crawl under the desk. It takes an hour to get back to the same level of productivity. That's an hour you’ve either lost or you have to...
As I was taking a walk down memory lane the other day and remembering my teen years, I realized that many of us are acting like teenagers. Remember how we thought we were invincible back then? We did stupid things like drive too fast, drink too much and play with fire. We’re lucky to be alive with...
