The Power of Fun

May 12, 2013 | Business

Whenever I come across professionals who are grousing around, I’m known to ask if they like what they do. Of course, they go through their litany of reasons why they shouldn’t, but will eventually acknowledge that they do. In the moment, they just forgot and allow the...

Boil To Average

Mar 3, 2013 | Business

You’ve heard the adage of how to boil a frog. By increasing the water temperature over time, the frog loses its ability to accurately ascertain the true temperature and finds itself in real hot water. (Sorry, couldn’t resist). Your career is no different. You’ve...

Take Time To Understand

Jan 20, 2013 | Business

Everyone struggles with being misunderstood by others. You become frustrated that others assign motive and intent to you that are only partially correct or not true at all. Others do it to you and you do it to them. You see, you only have one filter to interpret what...

Why They Are Different

Nov 25, 2012 | Business

Do you ever wonder why the top performers are better than you are? Are they more talented? More skilled? More motivated? Better DNA? Actually, none of these. But they are more of something. They are more disciplined. They have intentionally worked on developing their...

Make Your “Now” Count

Oct 7, 2012 | Business

Here’s a message you’ve read before. I write it again with a different twist. Maybe this time you will pay more attention to it. It’s about how you choose to spend your time. Whether you’re a partner or an aspiring partner, you make choices about what you do and don’t...