What People Really Want From You

Just when I thought I couldn’t learn any more humility after my recent shenanigans (see my last post for just one example), another humbling lesson came my way this week. I was asked to give a few opening keynote remarks at an evening conference. The coordinator wasn’t looking for some long, sweeping speech. Instead, a few words of inspiration would do. Th...
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The Two Seconds that Matter Most

Last week found me touring around wine country. It was supposed to be a week off of all things work – where we wound our through vineyards and took itsy bitsy tastes of wine before saying obnoxious things like “hmmm…not quite as complex as I might have expected from a Syrah.” But I couldn’t help myself. Because after just one day of roaming it was clear th...
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