Words as Self-Sabotage
You are often your own worst enemy. It starts with the words out of your mouth and the voices in your head. From telling yourself that you aren’t[...]
RiShawn Biddle
Leadership
RiShawn Biddle
The Science of Words
The idea of self-talk elicits images of less-than-sane people muttering to themselves as they stumble about less-than-safe streets. I try not to look like that[...]
Erin Wildermuth
Words That Changed History
People have delivered countless speeches in history. But even speeches delivered by the most prominent people, on the most auspicious occasions, routinely make[...]
thomaskidd
The Science of Naps
My two-year-old is asleep for the third time today. I thought I had developed a clever disciplinary method when I started telling him that cranky kids need[...]
Erin Wildermuth
Bouncing Back After Burnout
The intentions are noble: You want to buy a house with a backyard for your kids, pay off debt, or do something to actually justify the $50,000 worth of student[...]
Andrea Williams
The Importance of Play
This past weekend our family had to cancel a special trip to a friend’s lake house that had been circled on the calendar for months. Our initial weekend[...]
Andrew Lott
Get a Life!
For my first job in Washington, DC, I worked very long hours. One night, a rare dinner date was lined up. “What time do you get off?” my date asked to[...]
Jeremy Lott
5 Ways to Hold Shorter Meetings
When Bryan Stockton was pushed out as CEO of toymaker Mattel, he fingered a complacent company culture for dipping profits. In fact, he went one step further[...]
Michael Hyatt
How to Shut Down Annoying Meeting Behaviors
As a young leader, I was excited to attend the annual gathering of my professional organization. It promised three days of learning and networking, plus a few[...]
Larry Wilson
How Did We End Up with So Many Meetings?
Meetings are a necessity. Meetings also often stink. Typically, they are a waste of time. There are too many meetings—and most of them are often[...]
RiShawn Biddle
Don’t Bet the Farm on Brainstorming
I can tell you with some precision the moment I first doubted group brainstorming. This was many moons ago. A medium sized media firm that wanted to grow much[...]
Jeremy Lott
4 Things Your People Need to Win at Work
Good leaders know that you’re only as strong as your team. Businesses thrive or fail based on your team’s ability to execute the organization’s mission[...]
Andrea Williams
Just Enough Cook
Steve Jobs was a virtuoso. Using technology and design, he changed the way we think about computers, phones, music, and movies. Tim Cook, by contrast, comes[...]
Jeremy Lott
More Manager, Less Micro
“How’s it going?” The query sounds warm and innocuous enough coming from a friend or sibling. But to an early-career employee the boss[...]
davidmark
A Culture of Rising to the Challenge
Building an internal culture that loves a challenge is not just a good thing for businesses to do. It is actually essential if that company is going to grow.[...]
Pratik Dholakiya
Some People Are Your Greatest Assets
Most employees are interchangeable parts in your corporate machine. Your employees may be great people. They may be smart, talented, and attractive. They may[...]
bobpritchett
4 Steps to Foster Creativity
Creativity is not some remote and solitary island. Each day, from the studios of legendary visual effects outfit Industrial Light & Magic to the conference[...]
RiShawn Biddle
How Do You Change Organizational Culture?
Most leaders would like to change their corporate culture, but they don’t know how. In this post, I outline six[...]
Michael Hyatt
4 of Today’s Best Content Management Apps
Calendars are the lifeblood of business operations. They always have been and always will be. One of the most common observations of successful businesses (and[...]
Pratik Dholakiya
Thank God It’s… Thursday?
The best and most creative thinking and problem-solving can only take place during uninterrupted periods of time. You know it and so do your colleagues. Which[...]
RiShawn Biddle
The Power of Productive Thinking
Tim Ferriss’s 4-Hour Workweek is an enormously popular book, selling more than 1.35 million copies since its 2007 release. But that doesn’t mean its[...]
Andrea Williams
The Magic of an Outside Perspective
Personal growth comes from self-awareness, and the practice of journaling is a phenomenal way to start that process with regular reflection—as long as your[...]
johnmeese
Hit the Ground Writing
I started journaling a little over a year ago. It has become a regular part of my morning ritual. It has helped me clarify my thinking, process my feelings,[...]
Michael Hyatt
Journaling for Self-Awareness
Charley Kempthorne has been keeping a journal for more than 50 years. Every morning before the sun is in the sky, the professor-turned-painter carefully types[...]
tashaeurich