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How did younger-you become present-day-you?
It's my birthday today! I thought up a rather fun way to spend some time celebrating. Here's my game: Think of your age 10 years ago, 20 years ago, etc. and write down all the things you appreciate about the younger "you." Spend some time pondering what's been...
Richard St. John’s TED Talk on Success. Is it nothing but delusion?
I was just watching a TED talk by Richard St. John on the 8 Rules of Success. Richard interviewed 500 TED attendees to distill down eight principles. His recommendations are depressingly trite: have passion, work hard, yada, yada, yada. You can see the talk here:...
What are some rules and beliefs of organizational life?
Hi! For my book, I would like to gather a set of beliefs that govern how people operate in organizations. I'm especially looking for beliefs that really drive people's behavior, decision-making, etc. Contradictions and alternate viewpoints welcome and encouraged. For...
Science has worked so well that superstition now reigns supreme
I grew up in the era of the Apollo moon launches. One of my earliest memories is traveling to Cape Canaveral and watching from the beach as one of the missions was launched towards the moon. It was pretty incredible. Despite frequent moves and attending six schools...
The world is what you make it; what are you making it?
Chris Matthews was just commenting that Benazir Bhutto's assassination was "a reminder of the dangerous world we all live in." In that moment, it struck me: we all live in a world of our own making. Oh, I don't mean literally, though fans of The Secret may disagree....
Is being nice worthwhile?
I just had this exchange of answer/email/response on LinkedIn on the topic of: should you be nice? The original question: Is there power in being nice, with people in general or as a management tool?I'm reading the new book "The Power of Nice" because it was sent to...
When you define life as war, you get hurt.
Wow. Walking through the airport, I saw a sign: Shell Oil says: When Mother Nature doesn't back down, we have experts up to her challenge. Think about that framing! Shudder. That's the framing of extinction. Mother Nature, dear Shell Oil, is what gives us life. Food....
Finding the beliefs that trap us
My recent Harvard Business School Working Knowledge column discussed how we're trapped inside our beliefs. It even got mentioned on the Boston Globe BLOG. I say that "thinking outside the box" means thinking outside your beliefs. But this is just darned hard to do!...
Thinking outside the Box: Here Come the Zombies!
Yes, I confess. I did the whole "undead" thing last week at the Cambridge Zombie March. The Zombie March is just what it sounds like. A couple of hundred people dressed up as zombies and shambled a couple of miles across the city of Cambridge. I heard about it at the...