Helping Ordinary People Accomplish Extraordinary Things
I’ve worked with many clients. There are some folks with whom I have worked who others are always warning me about how difficult they are to work with. When I tell them I disagree, they tell me something to the effect, “Well. Good luck with that.” “Thank you,” is my typical reply. Many customers are …
Good leaders make use of questions. Questions allow you to gain more information and cultivate relationships with your team members, while still tackling organizational problems.
If you want to make your organization more successful while simultaneously having more fun, you might need to get yourself a rogue. Rogues Role-playing games have generally been around since the 1970s. These games are incredibly fun, because they generally put players into interactive and evolving stories. All players bring their own creativity to enhance …
Good leaders are capable of putting their ego aside to embrace their own fallibility. They care more about being the decision being good than their need to be right.
The reason the underdog overcomes the advantaged is because we fail to realize that power is an illusion. In the biblical story of David and Goliath the power dynamics have much to teach us about leadership. A Misunderstood Story Malcolm Gladwell, in his excellent Book, David and Goliath, makes the critical point that our contemporary …
In the first two parts of this series, I discussed the myriad of problems with the game of Monopoly and then some alternative rules that radically improve the game experience and provide for much better learning outcomes. In this final part, I will discuss the key takeaways from the new Monopoly experience. As I work …
Monopoly Part III: Greatness and Goodness Takeaways Read More »
Monopoly as a Game is Terrible Monopoly is the 5th best selling board game of all time … and it’s awful. It’s a non-collaborative game that favors the frontrunner and doesn’t provide for alternative strategies for victory. Monopoly’s “roll-and-go” design leaves people as passive observers throughout most of the game, while others are making their …
I recently talked about the two main components to motivation desire and fear. For most people, fear dominates. This has favorable and unfavorable ramifications. Our fear of imprisonment, social admonishment, and danger overcomes our desire for the stuff in other people’s houses. This is a big factor as to why so few of us perpetrate …
Vlog #24 – Influencer Lesson No. 5 – Overcoming Fear Read More »
Be Your Own Boss I meet aspiring business owners and I ask, “Why do you want to be an entrepreneur?” Many tell me, “I want to be my own boss.” At this point, I usually have a bit of a giggle. Be sure you know what you asking for. Few people understand this, you have …
The Story I’d like to share with you a quick story about your business and why you need to know your value. It is my hope that by reading this, you may be more willing to understand and demand what you are worth. A colleague and I were sitting down with a potential client not …