Helen Hayes is best known as a legendary actress. Today’s quotation shows her to be more than a talented pretty face, but someone who was wise, at least in part, because she listened to her mother (which I’ve generally found to be pretty good advice, in itself). “My mother drew a distinction between achievement and

New Year’s Eve. Culture tells us everyone will be partying all evening . . . lifting a glass at midnight . . . kissing a person nearby . . . and nursing a hangover in the morning. Maybe that is what your night has in store . . . but perhaps you find that a

Having written a blog with relative consistency for a number of years, I often get asked, “How do you find things to write about?” While there are many others who write more frequently than I do, and might be more qualified to answer this question, here’s my answer: “Writers write and bloggers blog.” This isn’t a blog

Each year I share my favorite books of the year. This isn’t like a journalist’s list though. While I read many newly-released books each year, this list comes solely from the books I have previously recommended during the year, which means you get a peek not just at the best books of the year, but

There are lots of reasons this is a great time of year. While no reason can top Christmas itself, I also like this time of year because, if even for just a few days, more people think like achievers. If even for a brief time, people are thinking about goal setting and how to achieve

The “year in review” is a staple for the media this time of the year. Time Magazine will name its Person of the Year, Billboard will rank the top songs in every category, and every newspaper will list the top stories of the year. I’ve even recently read stories about the top Twitter trends, and

People ask me often about my use of twitter in part, I suppose because I wrote the book LeadershipTweet. I’ve been on Twitter for a long time, and while Becky Robinson (@beckyrbnsn), our Social Marketing Director, provides direction, advice, and assists me with my tweets, I make time to read the best of the best