Much of the career advice in this book focuses on taking personal responsibility for your life and career success.  I want to revisit that idea here.  Personal responsibility means using this material once you learn it.  I wrote Success Tweets and these career ... [Continue Reading]

In this post, I’d like to focus on building relationships on the Internet.  The Internet gives you the opportunity to maintain relationships with people you know well, strengthen relationships with people you know only a little and build new relationships with ... [Continue Reading]

The career advice in this tweet is a no brainer.  Yet I’m constantly surprised by how many people miss deadlines and don’t keep commitments – and never bother to mention it.  Almost all of the work that you do has an impact on other people.  Your output is ... [Continue Reading]

For this post, I’d like to return to one of my favorite documents: The Optimist Creed. The Optimist Creed Promise Yourself: To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet. To ... [Continue Reading]

As I was searching the net for some inspiration on what to write about in this tweet, I came across a piece by Susan Heathfield on About.com called, Play Well With Others at Work.  Successful, interpersonally competent people are able to build strong ... [Continue Reading]

Your values are your personal guide for day-to-day living.  They are the best way to take responsibility for yourself.  They help you make decisions in your everyday life.  Values ground you – providing direction for decision making in ambiguous situations.  ... [Continue Reading]

The July 2009 issue of SUCCESS Magazine had an interesting interview with Patrick Lencioni, author of, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.  I’m an admirer of Patrick’s writing.  I particularly like what he has to say about teams and teamwork.  Fear of conflict is ... [Continue Reading]

An article that appeared in the Wednesday, May 9 2007 Business Day section of The New York Times made this point ever so clearly. “On March 23, Andrew N. Liveris, the chief executive of Dow Chemical, wrote a scathing performance review about one of his top ... [Continue Reading]

Successful people resolve conflict in a positive manner.  No matter how interpersonally competent, or how easy-going you are, you will inevitably find yourself in conflict.  People will not always agree with you, and you will not always agree with others. I ... [Continue Reading]