Most of us are confident of our memories. Yet, when it comes to important events, our memories might be less reliable than we think. Here is an example from The New Yorker of a study which vividly illustrates this point. “The day following the explosion of the Challenger, in January, 1986, Ulric Neisser, then a professor of cognitive psychology at Emory, and his assistant, Nicole Harsch, handed out a questionnaire about the event to the hundred and six students in their …
Good morning,The most important lesson to remember as a leader is that, for almost everyone, work is difficult. Keep in mind that, no matter how good a leader you are, how enjoyable a workplace you create, how well you empower your workers, they call it “work” for a reason. Philip Levine is a poet who captures this sentiment in his poem about auto workers, “What Work Is.” In honor of Mr. Levine’s passing this weekend, I encourage you to …
While most of us are pretty good at making daily to do lists, we generally have a much harder time being reflective. In today’s post I present a method that I have been using to become more reflective. There are basically two steps; one to do first thing in the morning, and the other to do in the evening. Step One: Think about your day ahead and what will be required of you to make it a good day. …
Resiliency is the ability to rebound from hardship, difficulty and misfortune and successfully adapt to adverse situations. It’s perhaps more important today than ever, because the world is more interconnected than at any time in history. The “flattening of the world,” as Thomas Friedman refers to it, means we experience turmoil faster, more intensely and more often. The worldwide financial turmoil of 2008 is a perfect example of that. Nothing great in life is ever achieved without taking considerable risk and facing distinct difficulties. So, going forward, …