– I’ve always wondered why those happy-clappy people annoy me so much. You know the type I mean. Always smiling and drooling at the joys of life. To them, every day is a fantastic day, every thought a positive one, every mistake a learning opportunity. I think I’ve found the answer to my irritation. Instead…
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It’s time to change your default setting
– What is your default setting? Don’t look so offended. We all start out with a default setting. What matters is whether or not you have changed yours. Manufacturers create basic settings so that we can use a device out of the box. These common settings are not necessarily the most effective. To get the…
Encourage your pet pessimist
– Do you have a pet pessimist at work? Good. Every organization should have at least one. Pessimists matter. They enhance your decision making and protect your success by balancing overconfident optimists. As always, there is a price to pay. Pessimists take more effort to manage and they exhaust everybody on your team with their…
You can peak wiser if you trend carefully
– The other day I wanted to give some sage advice to a friend. I said, “Trend carefully.” Did you catch that? I said trend instead of tread. So much for sounding wise and experienced. But then I remembered the Billy Joel song about Brenda and Eddie who “peaked too soon” and I realized that…
Should you dress to impress when working from home?
– A benefit of mostly working from home is the saving on clothes. Come on, you wouldn’t dress up either if you only had to crawl down the hall to your office. Who would I impress by dressing up? My PC already loves me just the way I am. For years I have fooled myself…