About a month ago, we discussed Dale Carnegie’s guidance to never “criticize, condemn or complain” if we want to learn How to Win Friends and Influence People. Then, two weeks ago we looked at Building a Storybrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen, which offered a modern approach to this principle, using stories to cast those…
For most of us, finding fault is the most natural and immediate response to the world around us. This is the result of something called “negative bias,” and it has a long history of serving to protect us. This fascinating concept seems to make so much sense when explained, so if you feel bad for…
Do you remember playing with a Magic 8-Ball as a kid? While it was fun to ask a question, shake the ball, and laugh at the answer, I do not remember ever going to the toy when I needed advice. Can you imagine sitting in an important meeting at work and watching your boss pull…
In a recent post, we talked about the marble run that my son and I love to play together. There are so many fun varieties of this game. The one my son has is fairly straightforward, but some have magnetic connections or some are designed for much younger children . Depending on your goal, there…
Not every book in The Reading List will be a non-fiction self-help book. Those aren’t in our high school English classes because the stories contained in fictional literature can often teach us just as much or sometimes more than those non-fiction manuals. One great example is To Kill a Mockingbird, a book that is not without…
When I was younger, one of the popular Christmas gifts from family members was always the multi-tool. You know that thing that looks like a pair of pliers had a kid with a Swiss army knife? One of the best ones that I ever received was the Leatherman Wingman, but I can honestly say I…