Okay, confession time: It’s 4:00 pm on the afternoon of New Year’s Eve and I’m alone in my sister’s dangerously well-stocked kitchen (think two refrigerators full of holiday leftovers and a…
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A Sneaky Secret for (More) Self-Control
Here we are, heading quickly toward the end of the year. If you’re tempted to throw in the towel on your goals — whether work, fitness, diet — and just…
Do You Take Things Personally? Well, Stop It.
Yetta was enjoying herself at the firm’s annual holiday cocktail party when one of her clients came up as she was nibbling on a sushi roll and, a little tipsy,…
Two Words That Are Music To Everyone’s Ears
Leo, a super-smart consultant, had a prickly relationship with his boss. Conservative and extremely process-oriented, his boss invariably found some detail to criticize in Leo’s presentations and proposals. It was…
To Thank or Not To Thank
Recently, I gave a presentation on resilience at Defy Ventures, an innovative organization that recognizes the entrepreneurial skills of formerly incarcerated gang members and drug dealers and provides them with…
Of Piano Lessons, Breasts and Melting Beliefs
Emeraude, my five-and-a-half-year-old niece in Paris, has become fascinated lately with…breasts (la poitrine). Namely, when is she going to have some of her own. Recently, during her second lesson with a…
Taking the “Ert” out of Uncertainty
A year or so ago, I was psyched when the Metropolitan Transit Authority installed electronic time clocks on New York subway platforms – just knowing that the next train wouldn’t…
How To Keep On Keeping On When You’re Doing Everything You Can And Nothing’s Happening
Know the feeling? You’re doing all the right things – being consistent, following up with prospects, knocking 72 tasks off your to-do list every day. The pedal’s to the metal,…
Think Big, Start Small
You know how to eat an elephant, right? One bite at a time. When it comes to elephants, we get it – there’s no way we can eat one all…
The Power of Boring: Why Discipline and Consistency Trump the Adrenaline Rush
In October 1911, two teams of adventurers were heading separate expeditions toward the South Pole – one led by Roald Amundsen from Norway and the other by Robert Falcon Scott…