10/15/2012--What got me here won't get me there Interviewing is getting easier. After two this week (I hired both), I was bummed to find out the third cancelled her interview.…
10/2/2012--What got you here won't get you there There's a book by that title but I haven't read it. Still, I am beginning to experience the truth to it. I…
1/8/2015--Visualizing a priority coming to be is the most effective thing I've done in adulthood. It took (happened) over a few months, beginning with discontent at work. Had I been…
1/15/2013--Relationship power dwarfs role power. Two days left in the store I'm currently visiting. They want me to stay. This is more--almost superfluous--evidence validating the idea that relationship power vastly…
1/20/2013--First impressions: smile, shake, ask. When meeting someone for the first time, being "friendly" is a no-brainer. But just like when giving feedback, friendly is not a behavior. Just because…
1/29/2013--To know myself, I had to learn about others. It's my last week til I go home. I'm trying to think if I'd do anything different if I did this…
2/2/2013--Three-year action plan. I just started reading Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazi. This is a system from that book for looking ahead. Goals/Dreams a. Consulting b. Regional trainer c.…
2/19/2013--Seek a routine for effectiveness. I've been back home almost two weeks and ironically the only negative is I miss the hotel. Not the room itself--I won't stay at Extended…
3/13/2013--Whether it was Clausewitz's or Napoleon's technique, it applies to management as appropriately as it does to battle. The latest example of "mass at the point of decision" is my…
From Mashable, a template from Alexandra Franzen: Hey [name], Thanks for your note. I’m so proud of you for ___—and I’m flattered that you’d like to bring my brain into…