The Leadership Buffet

With regards to interior design you have a preference – you like contemporary to traditional or perhaps country over Asian. Concerning fashion you have tastes there too.  You gravitate towards sporty, tailored, classic or maybe haute couture.  Even with cuisine, your...

Advocating for Imperfection

If your educational and career paths are anything like mine, somewhere along the way you were told that soup-to-nuts perfection in your professional endeavors was the goal.  You were lead to believe that documents couldn’t have typos, suggestions had to be thoroughly...

“Study Shows Why Lawyers Are So Smart,” Or Does It?

The article, “Study Shows Why Lawyers Are So Smart” published in last week’s Wall Street Journal supports something my father, a lawyer, has been telling me for years, “Law school teaches you how to think.” Apparently, neuroscientists at the UC Berkeley conducted a...

Get More Optimistic – I Double Dog Dare Ya

Remember those competencies (if you don’t like the word competency sub in skill or behavior here instead) that I mentioned a couple of weeks ago?  You know the ones.  Those that distinguish high achievers, people in leadership positions, and highly-successful people...

It’s All Yours for the Taking

All of the information you require, want or need is available to you right now. In this instant, as you read this blog post, it all is literally at your fingertips. This easy access to knowledge is a newer than new phenomenon. In the history of time, it began a...