Last week I had breakfast with an attorney friend of mine. He was furious and he wanted to talk. A client that he had represented for many years had recently hired another law firm in the place of my friend's. When I asked for an explanation, he believed it was because he had not returned the ex-client's phone calls quite as quickly as his
One of the hardest things for me to do is to move past a dumb mistake or stupid comment. For example, after saying the wrong thing in a meeting or negotiation, I tend to obsess over my poor choice of words. Which, of course, doesn't help anything. I am a baseball fan and I marvel at the ability of professional baseball players to just
This past week I read a book titled The Power of Less by Leo Babauta. Mr. Babauta lives in Guam and writes a popular blog titled ZenHabits. Five years ago he was an out-of-shape smoker. Today he runs marathons. Five years ago he was in debt. Today he is debt-free and has a successful website with more than a million unique visitors a
Two weeks ago I wrote about Richard Branson and his act of "sheer absurdity" when he started a magazine without any capital or experience. As Branson noted, he was just too young to know better. I got so many positive responses to that post that I decided to do a bit more homework on the topic of "analysis paralysis" - the state of over-thinking
A very good friend of mine is out of work. He has been seeking a job for about 5 months (note: I am writing this blog entry with his permission). The process, as you might expect, is difficult, sometimes humiliating and frustrating. And yet, my friend "soldiers on" treating his job search as a business to which he devotes 5 or 6 10-hour
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