Don’t get me wrong, smoke and mirrors made P.T. Barnum a fortune. The Greatest “Show” on Earth was indeed a brilliant show, but what he created was a “show.” Magicians and showmen allow the audience…
I fell in love, almost immediately, with the words of Charles Duhigg in the Power of Habit–even though I felt a bit like I was cheating on Malcolm Gladwell. I’m sure he’ll get over it….
Have you ever watched Buddy Valastro and his team craft amazing cakes? There’s something magical, creative and truly amazing about the cakes from Carlo’s Bake Shop. More than the Jersey, feel-good experience that Buddy creates, there are…
I am always collecting my “rules” for leadership. Each item in this list, is a result of hard-earned lessons in my life (both as a leader and as a subordinate). It is by no means…
From Donald Trump to Oprah Winfrey, the “secret” to success seems always to be ‘follow your passion.’ I, for one, always get lost with this directive. To me, it’s akin to telling someone to embrace…
I spend several days a month facilitating retreats in high intensity, high energy rooms with executives of my clients’ organizations getting to the “core” of their business. Jim Collins pioneered much of this work of…
Sounds funny right? All our lives we ask, and have been asked, “what” you want to be when you grow up, but seldom do we ask “why?” The why is so critical to success, yet the…