I receive a regular email newletter from Gary Burnison, the CEO of Korn Ferry, one of the top 5 executive recruitment companies in the world. This week’s newletter shared the story of a friend’s child… who absolutely bombed in a recent interview. You can sign up for Gary’s regular newsletter here: https://www.kornferry.com/subscribe/hr-newsletter I’ll focus on … Read more
This blog has often shared my posts and reflections about being productive, making good use of your days. Here is 6 time author Dan Pink with another great video on Productivity. Again he provides 12 minutes of gold. I’m sharing his video here. I recently shared his great video How to make 2026 the best … Read more
In Vistage we often talk about “success models”. We ask people “what is your success model?”. Effective, successful leaders have one. A success model for a new year This is an extremely practical and complete guide to really making positive progress in 2026. I was all set for making a video of my own, but … Read more
Jim Rohn said don’t wish for success; wish to become the kind of person who attracts success. This video shares what I consider my second most important life lesson (here is the first): prove to yourself that you can do hard things. School is more than learning facts; it’s a system that teaches discipline through … Read more
If you are going to make any change in your life – be it health, relationships, learning a language, learning a musical instrument – any practice habit that you can only sustain for a week will lead to no change in your life. Any practice habit that you can sustain for a 10 year period … Read more
Taking action consistently outweighs merely having the potential to act. The speaker reflects on how they once equated doing well in school with succeeding in life, only to learn that real-world success comes from initiative and execution, not just intelligence or talent. Through life experiences, they discovered that waiting for the perfect moment or ideal … Read more
Many “achievement-oriented” individuals do the next task… but Stephen Covey says there is a better way… If you liked this post, you will also like Getting your Life in order or Build Strong Foundations.
“Most people I know have problems with Internet addiction” Paul Graham, writing in 2010. Paul Graham wrote an essay on “Addiction” back in 2010. It is even more relevant today, 14 years later. “Progress” Everything that is good… has been developed by humans and technology to get steadily better… at capturing and holding our attention. … Read more
I so loved this list of 57 lessons from Charlie Munger, shared by David Senra of Founders Popcast, that I’ve shared the tweet and the full list here on the blog. I’m a fan of the Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger school of simple, direct, pithy wisdom 😉 If you like lists, my most popular … Read more
One of the lessons I took from ancient myth: Heroes always sacrifice something: There are few shortcuts for the most important things in our lives – health, relationships, a beautiful home, meaningful work on problems you care about Are you willing to pay the price? If you liked this post, you will also like Set … Read more