If you don’t know, Roblox is a game that has overtaken the brains of boys age 7-12. Because she loves her grandson, it has also overtaken the time of my …
What Goldfish crackers and speed have in common
My son eats Goldfish crackers on the way to school. (I checked the nutrition info, and a handful of Goldfish roughly equate to a quarter cup of Lucky Charms. So, …
The one thing you must do to achieve more
Eating more fat will help you lose weight. Giving more of yourself to others will leave you better than giving little or nothing. Going slower will help you go faster. …
Do you know this person? (Or someone like him?)
There’s a senior vice president I work with. He moves at lightning speed. And, he talks really, really fast. When I meet with him, I talk fast too. Not as …
Six things leaders can do to move faster
Organizations move at the speed of their employees. Employees move at the speed of their leader. Leaders move as fast as their capability. In a world where it’s hard to …
I forgot where I was going
The other day, I was driving. Apparently, I was unconscious. Then, I ‘woke up’ along a route I drive almost daily. I realized it was Saturday, and I had no …
Leading with speed
Many years ago I took the high-speed train from Tokyo to Nagano, Japan. Looking out the window, the landscape was a blurry watercolor. The train moves at speeds close to …
The people who pull you to new heights
Peer pressure gets a bad rap. Those two words are usually associated with bad choices and a bad crowd. But, peer pressure might be just what we need to do …
Always bring two
I witnessed one of the most beautiful moments of coaching five years ago. I was an observer as one of my team members gave an intern a piece of advice …
“Do less, then obsess” (~Morten Hansen)
There’s a lot of cheap talk about focus these days. There’s a staggering amount of evidence that doing too much at once creates mediocrity and burned out employees. This week, …