Hats – Part 1, The Visionary

“Wearing a lot of hats” is, by definition, what an entrepreneur or small-business man does. The age of wearing a single career hat is gone.…

The Context of the Matter

Businessman Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. stated, “It’s about communication. It’s about honesty. It’s about treating people in the organization as deserving to know the facts.…

What Causes Communication to Fail?

Here are four types of ineffective communication: incomplete information (when you omit critical info); communicating to the wrong audience (when you fail to provide the…

Dark Side or Down Side. Just Beware.

“Give yourself to the down side, Luke.” For today, ask yourself some questions: What are the ways the down side has affected you in your…

Jack of Most Trades

Are you “a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal?” The fact is that each person you meet may see a…

Balance Your Lives

: In As You Like IT, Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a stage / And all the men and women merely players / They have…