I was traveling over the last days for a series of meetings. Since most of us came in the day before, my friends Elias and Eugene organized a poker game that night. It was a great evening; relaxing, very enjoyable (great food, wine, cigars and conversation). And it was a nice time out of a
My friend Essa sent a tweet the other day. It was a blurry picture of a reflection in a mirror and he wrote ” the year end is all about reflections.” I love that. Reflections of the past do so much to shape our thinking and ambitions today, be it in our private lives or
A few months ago, I had a great lunch with my friend Tom Snowberger, a true leader and HR professional. We were discussing the importance of self-awareness in leadership and how leaders have to know that their obligations as leaders have many dimensions – financial, social, people development. We talked about what it means to
I am reading the Bhagavad Gita. It is an amazing read. Stephen Mitchell writes: “The subject is (sic) after all , a matter of the gravest urgency: the battle for authenticity, the life and death of the soul. And in all spiritual practice, the struggle against greed, hatred, and ignorance, against the ingrained selfishness that
I read an article in Inc. Magazine by Jeff Haden on 11 ways to de-clutter your day. In that article he talked about “eliminating permissions.” “The premise of eliminating permissions is that the actions we take every day are communicated to others as ‘permissions that we give’. Think about it: Arrive at meetings late and
I was having a cigar with my friend David Sasnett and we were talking about the importance of Leaders understanding the balance between planning and execution, between creating a strategy and driving action plans to get things done. “How many times have you seen a manager work on and on to refine the strategy, to
“Delay is the deadliest form of denial” “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion” “Expenditures rise to meet income” “The Law of Triviality… briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum (money) involved” “The man who
Often we strive to be number one. To have the biggest market share. But often that share comes at a price. Customers may give you the largest share of their business, but will likely want the best rates in return. Or they may ask you to take pieces of business that are not so attractive
One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself – Jack London Wearing down seven number-two pencils is a good day’s work – Ernest Hemingway Don’t loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don’t get it you will nonetheless get
One of the things I talk with people about regularly is the concept of sense of urgency: “He doesn’t have a sense of urgency” “How do I instill a sense of urgency?” “I have a higher sense of urgency and I feel like I’m pulling people along” There are several ways to think through this.
