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I’m a big fan of Simon Sinek’s “Start With Why” TEDTalk and agree that understanding the purpose is crucial to success. Yet when we’re conversing in the course of everyday life, there are definitely situations when the word “why” at the start of a question is not your friend.
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Over time, I’m extending my comfort zone… and discovering that there’s joy out there beyond one standard deviation! How about you? Can you do more and be more, and have more fun while you’re at it?
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My niece called me for advice before her interview at Harvard Business School (HBS) as part of the MBA application process. I remembered the following three experiences and realized that what we were really talking about was being able to show up as yourself when it really counts (i.e., under stress).
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Have you ever said something out loud without realizing what you were doing? And then the “wrong” person hears you and it’s too late to take it back? Well, that’s how the Career Mastery Challenge happened.
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Looking back over my 24-year investment banking career, most recently as COO of Morgan Stanley Europe, I’ve come to realize that...
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A successful basketball coach was telling me about the difference between making plays and running plays, and how the best players do both. Sports teams have set plays – we’ve all heard the term “playbook” – and they practice them. These are about scoring. For the play to work during a game…
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I grew up thinking of trying hard as being “a good thing”. Now, I realize that trying has a substantial dark side, and can be downright negative as a mindset. As a result, I am in favor of ceasing to “try” and starting to “do”. Here’s my thinking.
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Reading about Gabby Douglas’ gold medal performance in the UT San Diego paper, I was struck by the Olympic team coach’s comment that she was originally seen as a “good average gymnast” and not an obvious pick for being the gold medalist. And that what they didn’t know was how well she would “handle nerves” and…
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Do you get to play to your best strengths at work? For two-thirds of us, the answer is “no” (see the last few paragraphs of the...
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I have been at the European National Championship Basketball tournament this week, rooting for the Great Britain Under 20s...
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Since prehistoric times, fear has proven useful to our survival, both individually and as a species. These days, however, fear more often can hold us back from enjoying the success we are meant to achieve. With most of our fears blown out of proportion or perhaps even imagined, we must learn to keep fear in check or…
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Why do some people train hard in the gym and play hard on the court, while others go through the motions? Are those hours equally well spent? Some would ask what the point is of showing up if you aren’t going to get everything you can out of it. Others would say that at least the second person bothered to go at all.
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