Book Review: Extreme Ownership, How U.S. Navy Seal Lead and Win
After a handful of people recommending this book and finding a copy in my son’s old college books, I read it! I used it as the book of the month for a leadership book club I run. Some parts were excellent, clear, concise, practical, and interesting. Some were hard for...Book Review: Fixing Feedback by Georgia Murch
“You can’t do a remarkable job without having remarkable conversations,” says the author. Fear of conflict, fear of being wrong, fear of speaking up, there are many reasons good conversations don’t happen and good feedback isn’t given. This book inspires and gives us...Gratitude: Do It – Interview with Senior Manager
“Real gratitude is about action; words alone can be hollow.”, sums up my interview with Craig, Head of Strategic Planning at a financial firm. Craig shared his views on gratitude at work and discussed his gratitude challenges. Those closest to him know what a grateful...Book Review: The Threshold Leading in the age of AI, by Nick Chatrath
Threshold, Liminal, and Change Leader are names given to leaders who must deal with the future, including the rapid advancement of AI. It’s not enough to “pivot”; instead, we must embrace what makes us human and live in a place of unknowing and uncertainty. Nick uses...Gratitude Challenge: Must Practice
If people only knew how much gratitude could help and benefit them, they would do more, said one person interviewed. The scientific evidence and anecdotal are overwhelming for practicing gratitude, and the stronger the gratitude muscle, the more the benefit. For...Book Review: GRIT: Passion and Perseverance = Long-Term Success
What matters, in the long run, is sticking with things and working daily to get better at them, says the author Angela Duckworth. She describes grit as long-term success, a marathon. Grit is not IQ, talent, good looks, or skill. She shares the research that brought...Gratitude Challenge: Fake Gratitude
You can’t fake gratitude. It will backfire unless you are an award-winning actor or expert con man. Saying you are grateful for something you are NOT grateful for is a form of lying and seeds distrust. Most of the time, we can see through fake gratitude. Gratitude is...Book Review: Four Thousand Weeks
This is one intellectual man’s journey to a more peaceful life. The key is to accept our limited time, unknowns, and uncontrollable to find peace and productivity. He uses universal truths on time based on insights from history, philosophers, psychologists, and...Gratitude Challenge: Self-Awareness Builds, Sometime Change is Required
Did you know gratitude builds self-awareness? The more grateful you are, the more you know about yourself. Being self-aware is challenging. Being self-aware is challenging because it sometimes demands change. I’d rather keep doing the same thing instead of...
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