Month: July 2023

Your Zero to One Move What is your zero to one move? Well, what IS a zero to one move? Peter Thiel wrote the book Zero to One and he’s referring not to improving something…

Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Frequent readers of my posts (like you,…

Not long ago, I started a weekly series of reasons why you are worth every penny you are earning. That led to some great feedback and even more ideas. So let’s start Volume Two: ten…

Not long ago, I met with a new MBA student, at the very start of her program, who was having an identity crisis. It was job-related, and so much of our identity tends to be…

How do other people see you? And is that your identity? Does it matter? It does, in the sense of you have a personal brand. This is true whether you are a fan of that…

And it doesn’t matter if you’re the first choice as long as you get chosen. What do they call the medical (or in my case, doctoral) program graduate with the lowest GPA? Doctor. We all…

Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. What’s the nicest thing someone at work…

It’s been quite a summer. A wonderful summer. My daughter got married just over a week ago, and a month before that we took a thrilling trip across the Atlantic. In between? I got to…

Thirty minutes a week. That’s all it took. Forget about careful planning, don’t worry about making all the arrangements. Just embrace fate, serendipity, whatever faith you rely on. And take a chance. My sophomore year…

Yesterday, we looked at the drawbacks of saying “I told you so.” It might feel good for a moment. You might feel like you won a small victory over someone, but in the bigger picture,…