See the presentation on Slideshare.com. My last year of high school brought two momentous developments. One, I got contact lenses. And two, I decided I was tired of being a…
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A Simple Formula for Resilience
It was a beautiful spring day and I was 11 or 12 years old, humming a song as we set off on the three-hour drive home from a state piano…
The Guaranteed Way to Turbocharge Your Goals
Over the years, I’ve shared a variety of approaches to goal-setting. In 2012, I suggested focusing on creating habits. In 2013, I said, start at the micro level, with micro-goals…
The Goofus and Gallant Approach to Greatness
Recently, I’ve become a fan of Instagram. One of the accounts I follow features Harlow, a stately Weimeramer and Indiana, an adorable Dachshund, who are best friends and a shining example of model canine…
What To Do When You Don’t Know (And Why It’s Not As Scary As You Think)
Remember the story I shared a few weeks ago, about the old lady who came into the bank with $600,000 she had been hoarding in her mattress — and how…
Do You Leave Room for the Unexpected In Your Life?
Years ago, I was in a business networking group that met weekly for breakfast. One week, a former manager at the Sovereign Bank in Tribeca told this story. Apparently, there was…
What Message Is Your Body Language Sending?
This past Sunday, I was at the US Open watching a match between Top 10 player Jelena Jankovic and Belinda Bencic, who’s ranked 58th. Jelena had a healthy lead in the first set…
Are You Trying To Win The Worthiness Game?
Last week, I went to Standup for Passion — an event series founded by two entrepreneurs, Arnaud Collery and Serge Karim Ganem, that brings together fascinating people to talk about their passions in life….
How To Master the Silver Lining
I’m up in the Boston area this week for meetings, and visiting my dad in Concord. Today, around 5:30 pm — rush hour — we were driving toward the city to pick…
How Much of Your Life Do You Want To Spend In Survival Mode?
In The Art of Possibility, Ben Zander tells this story: Inscribed on five of the six pillars in the Holocaust Memorial at Quincy Market in Boston are stories that speak…