What Causes You to Flip the Bozo Bit on Someone?
I try to give people the benefit of the doubt in email or online. We can’t see the other person’s facial expressions. Or hear the music in the language. However,…
Read moreDo You Think About Spending or Investing Time?
We often talk about “spending” time. I often think about spending in two ways: To expend, as in energy. To exchange some value for something else. For example, I spend…
Read moreAre You Competing With Others or Modeling Yourself After Their Accomplishments?
I’ve been speaking a ton this year, primarily around the Modern Management Made Easy books. Some meeting facilitators have a little trouble with the idea I wrote 18 books. Some…
Read moreAre You Yak-Shaving or Creating More Value?
You might have noticed I missed writing last week’s question-of-the-week. I definitely noticed. Why did I miss a post? I’m not traveling. I have a handle on my client work,…
Read moreWhat Do You Want to Accomplish so You Don’t Create Regrets?
Do you ever reflect and realize you didn’t accomplish something you wanted to? I don’t regret much in my life. I have one big exception to that—when my mouth says…
Read moreWhen Can You Recognize and Avoid the Trap of Either/Or Thinking?
I hear a lot of “either/or” language in work situations: We “must” do this thing. Here’s an example: We’re not agile if we don’t do some practice, such as standups. We…
Read moreHow Can You Be the Best Version of Yourself?
Have you ever received feedback that said you could do so much better? In school, many of my teachers decided I underperformed. I could do more and better. I never…
Read moreHow Can You Encourage Bravery Today?
How often do you feel courageous? I don’t wake up in the morning and say, “Today, I’ll be courageous.” No, it doesn’t work that way for me. As I discover…
Read moreWhen Do We Say, “We Need to Change Who We Are”?
I’ve noticed this pattern in the news. A murder/fire/something bad happens in a normally quiet neighborhood. The news people interview the neighbors, and each one of them says, “This isn’t…
Read moreWhere Will You Challenge Yourself?
2020 has challenged all of us. We’ve learned to work at home and live where we work. Some of us have learned to teach and parent and work. All of…
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