It seems like the business world has recently discovered a phrase that my wife and I have already known to be true through our years of parenting a big crew. You can’t expect what you won’t inspect. That kid who tells you they’ll clean their room before they play a video game? They might really intend to do it, but…
The Greeks had a mythological monster that appeared in some of their stories, a beast called the Hydra. It had one body and lots of heads. Some writers said it had six heads, some said nine, others fifty. In a lot of the ancient tales in which the Hydra appears, the hero of the story is on a mission to…
There’s plenty of talk these days about burnout and finding peace and being happy with what you have. I get it. After all, if you can’t enjoy what you’ve got, what’s the point? But I’ve also seen contentment used as an excuse for complacency: Giving the same message the same way until it becomes a reflex and not a gift….
In his new data-driven book How to Work with Complicated People, speaker and bestselling author Ryan Leak shares powerful collaboration strategies so that you can work effectively with nearly anyone. This blog post has been adapted from chapter 8. You can order your copy here. There is often a gap between what’s coming out of our mouths and what’s going…
In his new data-driven book How to Work with Complicated People, speaker and bestselling author Ryan Leak shares powerful collaboration strategies so that you can work effectively with nearly anyone. This blog post has been adapted from chapter 3. You can pre-order your copy here. One time when I was talking with a client, they kept saying, “Well, hopefully my…
When it comes to email, I am an inbox-zero kind of guy. If I haven’t cleared my emails by the end of the day, I feel frustrated and borderline anxious. This obviously presents challenges at times because some emails are too complicated to be addressed quickly. I’ve noticed that all it takes is a few of these challenging, complex emails…
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