The last few notes have been about various aspects of Pay Attention...the first attribute of success. Since writing Power Blinds I've been in Orlando giving a talk at the Product Development and Management Association Global Conference on Innovation. I met quite a few extremely interesting people and even got...
Last posting, Pay Attention, I talked a bit about the need to Pay Attention to the important things going on around you...to avoid tunnel vision. Since writing that note it occurred to me that I really need to mention another issue that is closely related: the blindness of power.
Power...
In these times of instantaneous communication of the most mundane and useless bits of information...it's easy to become distracted from the important things going on around you. We've all become afflicted with Attention Deficit Disorder.
But the first of the three most important tasks of a leader is to expand their...
My last missive talked about how impact comes from the story...the emotion, not the facts. Emotion is an interesting thing, so much of it is both sent and received below the conscious level. This creates quite a conundrum when sharing your story: how to incorporate things you're normally not...
Of course, the facts are important...and the story better be based on facts. But, stories have impact that mere facts never have. Research with fMRI machines is showing that stories activate the brain in the same way that actually having the experience does. A recitation of facts, well, that's...
Have you heard of Ray Dalio? He's founder and president of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world's largest hedge funds with over 75 billion under management. Not only has he been hugely successful with his investment strategies but he has written a set of principles to guide his company.
His...
Since I last sent off a note...an entire week ago...I've been crazy busy. As I sat down to write this my mind went completely blank. I looked around my desk, pawed through some papers, swung around in my chair, and when I looked back at my computer...my mind was...
While I was in Detroit a few days ago I visited with my friend Jeff Zaslow...he of Wall Street Journal and The Last Lecture fame. (Actually Randy Pausch is the one who did The Last Lecture but Jeff co-wrote the book with Randy) I always enjoy our time together...