This week’s Resource Recommendation is Little Bets — How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries by Peter Sims. This book was recommended to me by Tim Sanders during a teleseminar I hosted last month for our Remarkable Leadership Learning System Members and a few guests.  When I received my copy a few days later, I
I’ve been on vacation, and I’m not the biggest soccer fan in the world. But I know a good opportunity to learn about leadership when I see it. Four years ago the U.S. Women’s soccer team had, well, let’s say team and leadership problems during World Cup play.  Soon after that, the coach’s contract expired
Learning is a crucial part of living a life you enjoy. The novel Dune offers a profound observation for you to consider. “It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.”  – author Frank Hebert in the novel Dune Questions to
The title of this article is pretty declarative, don’t you think? Actually it isn’t completely true. You don’t have to have a positive attitude to have a leadership role, and you don’t even have to have it to lead. But you definitely must have a positive attitude if you want to lead successfully for an
“You want to take action every day, not sit around waiting for something to happen.” -Richard Bolles, Author Questions to Ponder What action have I taken today? What action will I take next? Action Steps Get up and get going. Decide what action will make a difference for you and your future, even if it
I’m not a travel agent, and I don’t work for an airline or cruise ship company. This article isn’t about where you should vacation, what places you should visit or what foods you should eat. For the important point I hope to make in the next few hundred words, those parts of our vacation matter
Yesterday I posted my weekly Powerquote – with questions, action steps and a commentary focused around a quotation from Francis Bacon about wonder (read it here). As I was writing the post, I thought about a piece I wrote many years ago, that became a chapter in my book Vantagepoints on Learning and Life. Because
Would you like to be a more effective learner? Would you like a magic potion to help you learn more, more often? Francis Bacon, who among other things is known as the father of the scientific method might know something about that. He wrote: Wonder is the seed of knowledge. Questions to Ponder How often
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