1. Create an aspirational resume Instead of using a resume as a career change tool, use it as a career visioning tool. Every three months, ask employees to write 3 resume bullets they want to add to their list of professional accomplishments at your company. 2. Create interesTED Talks Even on small teams, some new [...]
Read More1. Bring your customers in Help them get clarity on why your company exists and how it is impacting lives directly or indirectly. Have some of your best customers come in and share their stories and talk about how your product or service helps them do what they do better. 2. Set a job creation [...]
Read More1. Show them the numbers Share the P & L with them to inspired them to cut costs or create revenue. If an employee knew the company was sinking and how fast, I’m pretty sure they would help throw water overboard or else they are going to sink with the ship. 2. Bring business school [...]
Read More1. How do you define success personally and professionally? When you know how someone defines success, you can use it to motivate them. As long as they feel that they are able to achieve their definition of success through working for you, they will work hard and never leave. 2. Why are you here? The [...]
Read MoreWhile self-help is a great concept, it has failed in practice for many. The fact that is it is called self-help is the reason why—it revolves around the self. We can go workshops and retreats, and then we go home (alone) and read books, watch videos, and know exactly what to do and how to [...]
Read MoreLast year, I had the honor of speaking at TEDx Brooklyn (video here) and TEDx Midwest (video coming soon). As an avid viewer of 100s of TED Talks, this was an amazing experience. Every morning, I get on my exercise bike, choose a video on TED.com, and start riding and listening as it plays. It’s [...]
Read MoreI love playing with language, manipulating words, and even creating words like extra-average. Most dictionaries always have multiple definitions of words but at the end of the day, we give words meaning. When I was younger I used to rap and write poetry—that’s where my relationship to words began. Though I know and use many [...]
Read MoreWhat is gratitude? Does it require receiving? Does it require giving? When is the best time to be grateful—in times of excess or lack? Dictionary Definition grat·i·tude [ grátti tud ] 1. thanks: a feeling of being thankful to somebody for doing something Jullien’s Definition Gratitude is appreciation for what you already have. To appreciate [...]
Read MoreWhat is love? Is love an emotion or an action? Does it require two people to generate or can one person have it? Why do we crave it? Dictionary Definition love [ luv ] 1. feel tender affection for somebody: to feel tender affection for somebody such as a close relative or friend, or for [...]
Read MoreWhat is luck? Who is lucky? And who isn’t? Is in random? Can we all access it? How can we be more lucky? Dictionary Definition luck [ luk ] good fortune: success that seems to happen by chance chance: the arbitrary distribution of events or outcomes event determined by chance: something that seems to happen [...]
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