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Is it safe to be honest?
Toddlers already know ROI. It happens naturally when they learn how to lie. An opportunity to snag the extra cookie? Avoiding punishment for the mud …
Why humility is so powerful.
Quake in your boots with awe when you stand in the presence of your idol? We all do. That’s humility we can all understand: we …
Create good trouble
It’s hard to believe there was a generation that was afraid of The Beatles. The fear of change is widespread. Change is trouble. The fear of …
Joy Joy Joy
As the Holidays swing round again, the idea of “Joy to The World” is never far away. And joy is a powerful idea. For it means …
You have absolutely no choice
Buddha once said that “Life is suffering”. He didn’t say that most of our suffering is self-inflicted. Or if he did, that part was mostly …
Stop hiring and start investing
“People are our most important asset”. We’ve all heard it before. The funny part of that idea is not that it’s true, but JUST. HOW. …
What Leadership Really Feels Like
Great leaders are skilled communicators, and by necessity, storytellers. This applies to leaders in business, religion, politics and especially non-profits. What is the point of …
A dead simple mental model for improving your comms
We all know that communication can always be better. The question is how? For every Churchillian “We shall fight them on the beaches” speech or Apple “1984” …
Do we really need to talk?
Old fans will recognize this early piece that we first published as a lithograph in 2009. Oh, those were the days. We were a bit edgier back then;) Surprisingly, …
It’s about the stories we tell
The moments in our lives that stay with us over time… The reason they stay with us, is because we manage to fit them into …
You have to think it, before you can play it.
There’s an old saying about playing a musical instrument, “You have to think it, before you can play it.” And what’s true for music is also …
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