Harvey Mackay
Drawing a bead on leadership
What are the qualities that make a good leader? (And remember many of us are all leaders.) You don’t have to be a general,...
What I appreciate about work
A few weeks ago, I spent some unanticipated time in the hospital. A sudden illness turned into three weeks of feeling crummy and, eventually,...
Starting smart: Tips for your first day on the job
Recently, I observed a young mother the evening before her third-grader started the fall semester. It was a new school for Robbie. Mom had...
Global economy makes world much flatter than we thought
Want a book to wow you? Go read Thomas Friedman’s “The World is Flat.”
Friedman’s point is that today you can go anywhere and reach...
Working after retirement your true golden years
The late Arthur Miller, one of America’s great playwrights, was noted for his outrage against the relentless grinding away of the individual by the...
With volunteer projects, you get what you give
Our country is seeing a volunteer need now the likes of which we have seen few times in our history. The response to the...
Lessons on discouragement
Have you ever heard the old fable about when the devil offered all the tools of his trade to anyone who would pay their...
Sales today are data-driven
David Mamet’s play “Glengarry Glen Ross” recently won the Tony Award for the best revival on Broadway. Alan Alda sparkled in a sharp-elbowed cast....
Pinch hitters step up to the plate
As Yogi Berra says, “If you don’t know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.”
Yogi was one of baseball’s stellar...
Climbing out of that career rut
You have a job, and it’s a good one, but something’s missing. You aren’t really challenged anymore. You’ve been doing the same thing too...
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