A young, successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag’s side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed …
Does someone have to throw a brick at you to get your attention? For all too many people, the answer is “yes.” In my coaching practice when I’m working with two or more people in the same company, I’ve heard various people say, “Talking to you is like talking to a brick wall.” In a survey of 5000 managers across …
George Carlin, the comedian, shared a brilliant insight into all the stress people experience. As he put it, “When someone is impatient and says, ‘I haven’t got all day,’ I always wonder, ‘What hours are you missing? How can you not have all day?” We all get the same 24 hours every day. But only a few emotionally intelligent people …
If I asked you to name one of the biggest con artists of the past one hundred years or if I asked you who operated one of the biggest Ponzi schemes of all time, you’d probably name Bernie Madoff. He scammed thousands of people out of billions of dollars and was eventually sent to prison. While he was there, Madoff …
