Listen to the audio version of this post here. You know how kids are. Siblings – they’re famous for rivalry, right? Brothers and sisters are known for squabbling. Sometimes they get physical and start hitting or kicking. Often, they call each other names,...
Listen to the audio version of this post here. Maybe you’ve seen this in one of those ubiquitous virtual meetings. You’re watching someone talking on Zoom or Teams or WebEx; they’re getting intense about what they’re saying. Maybe they care deeply about the...
Listen to the audio version of this post here. For openers, I hope you are pleased with your work. Maybe not with every single task you accomplish all day long—that would be a tall order, wouldn’t it? I do hope, though, that when you consider how you make your...
Listen to the audio version of this post here. I’m not asking you to follow me down a rabbit hole. Instead, I’m back from that tortuous trip with an urgent question for you. It all started, as thought-journeys sometimes do, with a New York Times article. Bret...
Listen to the audio version of this post here. You hear people talk about how much they need to tell their story. It’s burning in them, this experience they had, and they’re driven to share it with the world. It’s such a relief to stop keeping it all bottled up...
Listen to the audio version of this post here. Maybe I’m too skeptical. Something about the guy’s email just didn’t land right. “I enjoyed your LinkedIn post about balancing virtual and real-life collaboration,” he wrote, although he and I are not connected on...
Listen to the audio version of this post here. Everybody who speaks (which is to say, everybody) has a gimme. In golf, a gimme is a shot you don’t have to take—it just counts automatically. Golfers grant a gimme when one of them has a ball only a few...
Listen to the audio version of this post here. Give people valuable information, they tell us. Build relationships that lead to clients and referrals and business growth. That’s the essence of content marketing, widely rumored to be the key to success. Well...
Listen to the audio version of this post here. You keep hearing about companies postponing plans to bring people back to the office. There’s so much COVID-confusion, it’s tough to figure out how to keep employees safe. And we’ve all seen the advantages of...
Listen to the audio version of this post here. You know I’ve been concerned lately about free-floating vitriol around us. Health care workers screaming about rules requiring vaccinations. Politicians saying horrible things to and about each other. Parents...
