Extreme Reading

I’ve heard people say that reading is the best way to gain experience without actually being there yourself, and I think that’s true. Over the past couple of years, I’ve become a junkie for business books of all kinds. I read or listen to at least one book each...

The Four Stages of Anyone’s Career

I recently read The Garner Files: a Memoir by James Garner and Jon Winokur. Garner was perhaps best known as Jim Rockford in the long-running TV show The Rockford Files, but he also worked the big screen in movies like The Great Escape with Steve McQueen. Garner’s...

Three Questions for the New Year

Let’s continue to talk about the brand-new year. Like many of you, I made some New Year’s resolutions. As I mentioned in the last blog, I make my resolutions based on the answers to three simple questions: What do I want to do more of? What do I want to do less of?...

Advice from Ivy Lee

The New Year is the closest thing there is in life to a “do-over.” It’s a fresh start. A bright beginning. I know of no other time in the year that offers more promise and promises. Benjamin Franklin put it this way: “Be at war with your vices, at peace with your...