Of all the late night television shows, my favorite is Stephen Colbert’s. He is goofy, talented, quirky, and improvisational. He also happens to be living in my hometown, so I kind of claim him–if you know what I mean. But… Read More »Without An Audience
In 1996 I started out writing short blogs. I figured that since I liked short stuff, others would too. And to an extent, it worked. People often said they read my blogs because they were short. My book, The Essentials… Read More »Simplicity, Brevity, and their Step-Brother, Tenacity
There is a dark side of training. A few years back there was an article in The Wall Street Journal about corporate training. It said flat-out that training without follow-up coaching doesn’t work. It’s a waste of time and money.… Read More »Dark Side of Training
What is the best way to learn? A pottery teacher split her class into two halves. To the first half she said, “You will spend the semester studying pottery, planning, designing and creating your perfect pot. At the end of… Read More »The Best Way to Learn
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 – 1895) was a self-taught English biologist specializing in comparative anatomy. He earned the nickname “Darwin’s Bulldog” for his advocacy of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Why am I telling you this? Because Huxley said something… Read More »Everything and Something: Power of the Spoken Word
Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923) was an Italian economist. He noticed that 80 percent of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the people, and that 20% of the peapods in his garden produced 80% of the peas. Thus, he… Read More »The Pareto Principle