Problem Solving Strategies: Solving vs. Eliminating

February 17

Problem Solving Strategies: Solving vs. Eliminating

Bringing back an old blog on strategy, which brings up a great question: When it comes to problems in life, are you trying to solve them by themselves or eliminate underlying causes?

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Your First Day on the Job

January 5

Your First Day on the Job

My last first day at a new company was over 30 years ago, so it’s easy for me to forget what a new employee is thinking when they report for day one.

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How to Score a Meeting with Almost Anyone

December 23

How to Score a Meeting with Almost Anyone

Since it's Thursday, I want to take another look back at a throwback: one of my favorite stories about how it is possible to score a meeting with almost anyone.

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Never Ask a Yes or No Question

December 16

Never Ask a Yes or No Question

It's Thursday, so time to give you a throwback blog to one of my favorite stories from early on in my career when I was working at the Hyatt hotel in Baltimore, Maryland.

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10 Steps to Financial Success

November 24

10 Steps to Financial Success

So I was giving a speech the other day and a younger woman asked, “How can I become rich?”

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8 Questions with Jean Twenge

October 7

8 Questions with Jean Twenge

How do we handle these millennials? Oh, boy...

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This is How You Network

September 15

This is How You Network

It’s key to meet people and to network, but just as important is the process. Who are you being introduced by and how?

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The Pete Rose Debate

September 8

The Pete Rose Debate

In sports there’s probably no more controversial a topic than the baseball fate of Pete Rose.

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Embrace Feedback

August 10

Embrace Feedback

A couple of weeks back I asked my readers for feedback on my blog – likes, dislikes and suggestions.

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