When I was writing my book, Do a Day, I had written a fairly long and, let’s just say, impassioned section on drinking alcohol. It was a bit of an aside that took the chapter down a path of less coherence and strength, and my editor rightly suggested taking it …
Read More »How Can You Be Goal-Oriented If You Prefer to Fly by the Seat of Your Pants?
Here’s why having goals mean you can’t have chance encounters with opportunity I was recently did a podcast appearance where the host asked me a challenging question I had never really contemplated before when I was talking about setting meaningful goals. He asked if all the setting and focusing on goalsremoved any opportunity …
Read More »Be Jay-Z (What I Learned by Doing My First TED Talk)
When I started work on my book, Do a Day, I had a vision of being on stage doing a TED talk. on March 6th, that vision became a reality. Well, mostly. My vision was to be on the big TED stage, and I did a TEDx event, but it’s close …
Read More »The Simple 2-Step Process to Recovering From Burnout
It’s never too late to break the cycle and make a full recovery. I’ve written before about the importance of ruthlessly prioritizing to find as much success as possible in your career. The paradox is that, by doing less, you achieve more. Do less of the noise to get to …
Read More »3 Secrets to Being Healthier & Staying Fit for Road Warriors
This article is a longer version of a piece I originally wrote for Inc. Magazine and on my blog. I have traveled a lot over my career–it is often an every-week situation with two to four flights, hours of driving, multiple hotels in the same week, early mornings and late …
Read More »Is Your Team Change-Resistant? Here’s How to Lead Them Through It in 2 Steps
Human nature makes change hard to deal with for any employee, but you can overcome that and lead your team forward. Have you ever been given a short cut from your normal route only to feel like it took much longer than your normal route? Have you looked at the …
Read More »Want to Achieve More in Your Job? These 4 Simple Things Can Help
Learn the surprising reason doing less actually helps you achieve more and get farther in your career. If you said the biggest thing standing in the way of a company’s success is its competition, you’d be wrong. In fact, it is the daily ‘stuff’ that flies at you, demanding to get done as …
Read More »This 1 Word Could Be Holding You Back at Work & Life
How to Break the Cycle of Negative Self-Talk That’s Holding You Back in Your Career I spent one third of my career as a management consultant. It was a great experience filled with a lot of learning and a lot of tough moments, too. That means I was paid to …
Read More »What Doing 87 Podcast Interviews Taught Me About Building a Social Media Brand
Building your social media brand is not about tricks and tools. It’s about these 4 things. I published my first book last March, which was an amazing achievement and the culmination of almost a year and a half of serious effort. The effort to successfully promote it can be even greater than to write …
Read More »The 1 Thing You Need Most in a Mentor (That Most People Try to Avoid)
Mentors can help you build your career as a leader, but to really help you grow, they may need to be tougher than you want. Having a mentor can have a tremendous impact on your career. The right one can help guide you through complex situations, work on self-growth and …
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