Making it easier to do great work. Hacking all things stupid.
We all want greatness. Let’s start first with not sucking.
Before we can talk about how not to suck at listening, we must be truly honest about how we currently suck. Badly. Greatness can’t begin until we own our issues.
CATEGORIES: Communication, Working Smarter
Being concise with what truly matters makes it matter more.
We all remember Matthew McConaughey’s Oscar® speech a year ago for his catchphrase close, “Well, alright, alright, alright!” But if you watch his full speech, you will see a lot more.
CATEGORIES: Awesomeness, Communication
Facilitating behavioral change through a back door
The biggest upside is that this is an entirely safe and acceptable way to introduce elephant-in-the-room personal accountability issues. NO ONE likes to be told “you’re the problem!” Or “you need to change.”
CATEGORIES: Change, Leadership
You will be amazed by what you discover
Neil deGrasse Tyson is Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space. He was recently giving a talk in Boston. Here, from his Q&A session, is everything you need to know about how to lead, how to manage, how to work, and how to live!
CATEGORIES: Future of Work, Values
Your values are crucial, what you do matters
In recent years there’s been an explosion of daily checklists… Don’t do this, do do that. So many dos and don’ts that you’d need 437 days just to complete one day’s list! Here are all those checklists rolled in to one: The 3-2-1 Rule for an Awesome Day.
CATEGORIES: Awesomeness, Working Smarter
