Jul 31Accountability and Responsibility“Take accountability… Blame is the water in which many dreams and relationships drown.” — Steve Maraboli Accountability is defined as an assurance that an individual or an organization will be evaluated based upon their performance or behavior related to something for which they are responsible. Good organizations and managers are…6 min read
Jul 24What Keeps You Awake at Night?Fear of Failure “Failure is another emotion I cannot stand to feel, because in adult life I have conditioned myself not to fail at anything. Failure takes me straight back to the feelings of worthlessness I grew up with as a stammering, reclusive little boy.” …5 min read
Jul 7The Demise of Civility and Reason?I am struggling to write this article. Not because I don’t have anything to say. I actually have a lot to say. Rather, I am struggling because I am not sure whether to make my thoughts public or just keep them to myself. …7 min read
Jun 26What Keeps You Awake at Night?Shrinking Business? “Do not judge me by my success. Judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” Nelson Mandela It hasn’t happened all at once. In fact it has been gradually slipping over time. You can’t pinpoint when it started and it didn’t seem…6 min read
Jun 5The Art of DelegationHow to Get the Most Out of Your People and Your Projects “I’m going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work — which is almost harder for me than doing the work myself. I’m a lousy delegator, but I’m learning.” Alton Brown, celebrity chef Delegation…6 min read
May 25What Keeps You Awake at Night?Fear of being fired I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed…6 min read
May 6All Hat and No CattleDealing with the Phonies in Our Lives A traditional Texas putdown is “All hat, no cattle” or “Big hat, no cattle”. This refers to someone who is all talk with no action, power, or substance behind his / her words. Too often we come across people like this. They boast…6 min read
Apr 26What Keeps You Awake at Night?Allowing BS to Get to You BSers. We all know some. In fact, some of us may know many of them. We deal with them at work, socially, or we just bump into them through random contacts. They are usually loud and have definite opinions about everything. They are never wrong (At least according to themselves) and little would function well without them. …5 min read
Apr 10Someone in the Plant is Going to Die(And When They do it is Your Fault) It was just a normal workday. I was sitting at my desk absorbed in some paperwork when I felt a presence in my office doorway. It was the Plant Manager, Phil. He and I kind of got along, but he said some…5 min read
Mar 30What Keeps You Awake at Night?Not getting recognition You put in lots of time. You work you butt off and accomplish more than any three people you work with. Yet, for all of your efforts you are not receiving any recognition. In fact, your annual performance reviews are average at best. You could have done a lot less and gotten basically the same review. “People work for money but go the extra mile for recognition, praise…6 min read