How to take full advantage of your cognitive edge
Are you a powerful player in today’s cognitive age or an authentic cog in the knowledge economy? What’s the difference and why should you care? It’s all about you as a human and how you interact with machines and information. The stakes involve your self-preservation....
Can you develop grit in yourself and others?
The late, great Mohammed Ali had grit. Grit is the combination of passion and perseverance that defines high achievers, according to University of Pennsylvania Professor and author Angela Duckworth. Highly successful gritty individuals ─ in all fields, including...
Why and how to declutter your mind
The dog’s unofficial code of conduct is: “If you can't eat it, play with it or pee on it, leave it alone.” Meet Marcel. Even though he’s just 7 months old, we’ve noticed he’s intuitively adhered to this code ever since he came to live with us. (Granted, as a puppy, he...
Stop suffering from bad meetings
Life is too short to suffer through bad meetings. More times than I like to count, individuals contact me about meeting difficulties that they’ve been grappling with, sometimes for years. Almost always their meeting problems stem from bad meeting habits, based on...
Second that emotion with precision
The business leaders I coach are thoughtful, high achievers. They make impressive professional and personal improvements while we work together. One area, however, remains a challenge for us. I often struggle to get them to express a one-word emotion they’re feeling...
Can you find the trigger to prompt future actions?
What’s the power of the retro magnet in the picture? It’s a physical trigger to help you remember to take action in the future. Remembering what you want (or need) to do in the future is much more difficult than recalling what you did in the past, according to...
Use concrete with intention
The 72-72 rule. It’s succinct, specific and gets stamped into your memory—once you learn what it is. The 72-72 rule says that the City of Charleston should be “as good a place for tourists who visit for 72 hours as it is for residents who live here for 72 years.”...
Delay, don’t procrastinate
Last January, when I read Adam Grant’s New York Times op-ed piece Why I Taught Myself to Procrastinate, I winced. Adam Grant was describing the power of waiting, not the act of procrastinating. Even though I’m hardly an authority on procrastination, I know enough...
Why you need to inspire and interpret more
Take it from these accomplished keynoter speakers who addressed the 2016 DIG SOUTH interactive conference in Charleston at the end of April. You need to work on your inspiration and communication skills. Here are some nuggets and insights I gained over the three...
