Protect Your Attention

Nov 10, 2025 | Business, Leadership, Personal Management

As we’ve written and said so many times (here, here and here), no one aspires to be mediocre. Everyone wants to do well. So why don’t we? A major reason is we aren’t protecting our attention. Our attention is precious and it’s a huge influence in our...

Weak Link Choices

Oct 27, 2025 | Business, Leadership, Performance

Most under-performance doesn’t come from lack of intelligence or capability. It comes from choosing what is easy, comfortable, or convenient – small compromises that depreciate into mediocrity. High performers see it immediately. At first they push back. Over...

Spread the Germ

Oct 13, 2025 | Business, Leadership, Performance

Albert Einstein once said, “Adversity introduces a man to himself.” (And I’m pretty sure it includes women, too.) What a powerful truth – because when life turns up the pressure, it reveals who we really are. Which version of you shows up when in the middle of...

Be An ACE

Sep 29, 2025 | Business, Leadership

You are well into the fall season. If you have noticed, the Monday Messages for September were written to remind you of important disciplines that make your work both valuable and satisfying. In other words, these disciplines make you an ACE. To review, each Message...

Prove Yourself To Be Credible

Sep 15, 2025 | Business, Leadership, Performance

Doesn’t it irritate you when you schedule a meeting and the other person shows up a half hour late? Once in a while, it’s not that bad, especially when there is a legitimate reason. But when it happens more than that, even explanations wear thin. Soon that person is...