Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards to the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with …
DO NOT CLICK PLAY unless you have 18 minutes to spare… I’m serious. If you’re anything like me, once you start this video, you’ll have a tough time stopping it. This is a great talk by Simon Sinek: “People don’t buy what you do. They buy why you do it. The goal is not to …
Fail fast. Fail easy. Fail often. Repeat. Then Learn. —’Learning Junkies’ There’s something profound – to me – in the simplicity of that thought. Perhaps, it struck a cord because I’ve been reading a lot about the subject lately. Allow me to expand on the notion of failure with a few additional thoughts… Failure is …
This is a *great* video from Derek Sivers called “Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy.” Loved it and had to share it. Powerful, yet simple. It’s also timely… I had just met with my mentor last week while in Toronto and he was asking me whether I thought that leaders were born or could be made. …
Make a list of all the things you abhorred. DON’T DO THEM TO OTHERS… EVER. Make another list of the things done to you that you loved. DO THEM TO OTHERS… ALWAYS. And you thought leadership was complicated. /sef. #thankthepasser: Source – Dee Hock, Founder of VISA
ESPN.com wrote up a great feature on Geno Auriemma (University of Connecticut women’s head basketball coach) about chasing excellence: “Monday we start the whole process over again; Monday, we start the chase – I call it the chase,” Auriemma said. “Somebody sent me … a pretty good Lombardi quote recently. It said… ‘Perfection is unattainable, …
Image source unknown. I discovered this one on the net some years ago. Sorry… I like to #thankthepasser.
“In a league obsessed with LeBron, Kobe and D-Wade, Chauncey might actually be the one to emulate – a sturdy playmaker who, mid-career, asked to be taught how to make plays.” —Tom Friend Check out this ESPN ‘Outside The Lines’ story: The Disposable Superstar. This is a GREAT article because of the insight it gives …
Lots going on right now and I find myself up at odd hours of the day… I stumbled across this presentation called The Little Book of Leadership and thought it worth sharing. In it it says something interesting… Why do leaders instruct rather than ask questions? The problem leaders have with questions derives from two …
ESPN analyst and former Duke player, Jay Bilas, does as good a job as any one I’ve seen at beginning the process of quantifying of oft overused term: mental toughness. The complete article is on ESPN.com and is VERY GOOD and well worth the read. Here are some snippets… … I often wonder: Do people …