Sometimes it seems that other people have special talents—talents we can't match. There may be some truth in that in some cases. More often... The difference is just that they've developed …
Too much to do?
Then you might find this helpful... This isn’t my idea at all and, in fact, I’m a student of it. The philosophy is Jim Benson’s and Tonianne DeMaria Barry’s and it’s written up in their book …
Buyer’s prejudice
Are we discriminatory when we buy? We’d all like to think we’re not prejudiced, in general terms, and no doubt we work hard to avoid that. Unfortunately... The reality is, however hard we try, we …
What really is the question?
Most of the time we focus on answering the question—or trying to. But is it the right question? Are we investing our energies in solving the right problem? In my own (sometimes painful) …
Doing what you don’t have to do today
Doing what you have to do today is relatively easy. You have to do it after all. Doing what you don't have to do today is harder. There's no urgency: not today, not tomorrow, not even the next day. …
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The emotion and the numbers
Sometimes we avoid getting the figures together because we know we won’t like what they’re telling us. Sometimes our people will avoid preparing information accurately because they’re scared of how …