Making Better Decisions: The Better Of Many Greats
When it comes to the big choices we make - which house to live in, which job to take, which baby name to pick - you never want to be forced to choose “the lesser two evils.” To be forced to [...]
11 Ways To Restate Problems to Get Better Solutions
When faced with a challenge or problem, one of the best first steps in solving - even before you start thinking up possible solutions - is to examine and restate the problem. As Morgan D. Jones writes in his book, The [...]
Masterpiece from Abandoned Stone
The statue of David is one of the most recognizable pieces of art and is considered a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture. It was carved by Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni), towers at 17-feet (5.17 meters) tall, took just over three [...]
Avoid Problems By Preventing Them
An excellent way to solve problems is by not letting them happen in the first place, through prevention. Prevention is why we bring our cars in for maintenance, visit our doctor for an annual exam, and have a mid-year check-in with [...]
Make Your Plans Bulletproof
This week at work, bulletproof your ideas. If you've got a new idea, a plan, a program; find people you trust who can poke holes in it for you. Not someone who is going to agree with you, nor someone who [...]
Arrive With A Solution
While you may feel like a smarty-pants worker to be the first to discover and inform your boss of a problem, don't alert them without also being able to offer a potential solution. Anyone can point out problems. Finding something broken [...]
Attention To Detail
You're looking at an interior detail from the pop-up (i.e. temporary) Museum of Ice Cream located in the Meatpacking District in New York City. Not only is their lighting made to look like upside-down ice cream cones... But, the walls are [...]
10-Point Presidential Formula For Success
I didn't know a lot about President Lyndon Johnson, but I've enjoyed learning about him via Wikipedia. While reading the terrific book, The Magic Of Thinking Big, by Dr. Joseph Schwartz. In a section about "Thinking Right Toward People," Dr. Schwartz [...]
Do First Things First
Where to start, huh? No matter what system you use to plan your activities - paper or digital - sometimes it can be difficult to determine what to do first. Especially since *all* of it is important, right? I've tried lots [...]
Meetings Don’t Bore People…
We blame our meetings for lack of innovation and progress in our companies. It has been declared "brainstorming doesn't work!" We spend our days sitting, wasting time, energy, and money in boring... tan... artifically-lit conference rooms. Accomplishing? Nothing. But, here's the [...]