Actions are seeds. Consequences are fruit. Every choice impacts the future.
The Goldilocks Paradox
Goldilocks falls asleep. The bears come home. Goldilocks wakes up and runs away. I’ve been afraid of bears ever since.
Goldilocks falls asleep. The bears come home. Goldilocks wakes up and runs away. I’ve been afraid of bears ever since.
Elevate Your Emotional Intelligence in 5 Easy Steps
Five easy steps to follow to elevate your emotional intelligence
Five easy steps to follow to elevate your emotional intelligence
Dear Dan: I’m Running Out of Steam
I work with my teams to remain positive and productive. Here’s my issue: I have approached the CEO with realistic solutions to move the company in a more positive direction financially.
I work with my teams to remain positive and productive. Here’s my issue: I have approached the CEO with realistic solutions to move the company in a more positive direction financially.
The Genius of Listening to Stories
Stories invite engagement. I’m not talking about telling stories. I’m talking about hearing them.
Stories invite engagement. I’m not talking about telling stories. I’m talking about hearing them.
How Navigating Stressful Situations Can Make You a Hardier Leader
The mindset you adopt when approaching a stressful situation can affect your reaction and success in dealing with it.
The mindset you adopt when approaching a stressful situation can affect your reaction and success in dealing with it.
5 Ways to Identify and Avoid Toxic Positivity
Negativity pervades work. People show up tired. Co-workers feel like sandpaper. The kettle on the stove is always whistling.
Negativity pervades work. People show up tired. Co-workers feel like sandpaper. The kettle on the stove is always whistling.
Help: My Boss Doesn’t Support Me
Don’t expect your boss to save the day.
Don’t expect your boss to save the day.
4 Ways “No” Moves You Forward
Jobs and Woz did what they wanted to do.
Jobs and Woz did what they wanted to do.
How to Build Relationships With the Right People
The answer to the good life is supportive relationships.
The answer to the good life is supportive relationships.
A Colossal Failure to Anticipate
Lack of anticipation causes frustration to settle in. When you expect issues to rise and do nothing to prevent them, urgencies rule.
Lack of anticipation causes frustration to settle in. When you expect issues to rise and do nothing to prevent them, urgencies rule.
Chew the Gristle: Taking Responsibility Like a Leader
Taking responsibility is the warmth of sunrise. Without it life loses its melody. Avoiding responsibility is tumbling into the grave.
Taking responsibility is the warmth of sunrise. Without it life loses its melody. Avoiding responsibility is tumbling into the grave.
5 Things Leaders Say
The second step to leadership is practicing things leaders say from the heart.
The second step to leadership is practicing things leaders say from the heart.
Pour Energy Into Energy
Every organization has black holes. Everything’s hard. People are negative. Getting stuff done is like flogging dead donkeys.
Every organization has black holes. Everything’s hard. People are negative. Getting stuff done is like flogging dead donkeys.
Beyond the Wilderness: 4 Strategies When Life Is Uphill
The wilderness is an inner experience, not a place.
The wilderness is an inner experience, not a place.
Leadership Lessons From a Dishwasher
One of the benefits of working at a bakery is the ability to take home stuff off the “staff rack,” or day-olds at the end of the shift.
One of the benefits of working at a bakery is the ability to take home stuff off the “staff rack,” or day-olds at the end of the shift.