Whatever your favorite thing is, I bet that your favorite people mean more to you.
People are more important than stuff.
This is even true for 5 year-olds, who are notorious selfish about their stuff:
Think about it: how many introverts do you know who are truly introverted—modern day hermits by choice?
We have a word for people who [...]
Fact: you can do your job perfectly and still come up short in the “satisfying career” category—or even the “satisfying job” category.
Why?
Because doing your job well is only 1/3 of what it takes to be successful. Doing your job is table stakes for inclusion in that cluster of people known collectively as “employed.”
Success takes something [...]
Recently, I asked my wife: how do attractive women react to the stares, glances, gawks, come-ons, remarks, nicknames, and other attention—desired or not—they receive at work? She said she had no idea. I think she was being modest. So after taking an informal poll of friends and clients, here’s my very unscientific answer to the [...]
I’m all about success. I take no joy from others’ failures; me and Schadenfreude are not friends. Yet I also know what a powerful teacher failure can be.
It’s one of the reasons I encourage people to Fail Spectacularly.
It’s also why I share the email below, which was forwarded to me by its recipient, a young [...]
Do your work. Do it well. That comes first. But that shouldn’t be the only thing you do. Take a little time to build relationships, too.
Abstract: Stages of using social media
