Unwritten Business Advice

Most of us choose our profession by happenstance; here’s how to take control   How Most People Get Their First Jobs  Having taught at a university for nearly 10 years, I’ve seen some patterns with how people find their first job out of college: Apply – look at companies hiring, apply to various positions, and […]

How to give feedback in a thoughtful, actionable, and timely way   Feedback: A CEO’s Story In my last job I worked closely with Jeremy Andrus, the CEO of Traeger, father of 6, and prolific investor and donor, among many other things. We were discussing feedback, in which he had just received 360 feedback from

A practical guide on what to do DURING a meeting so that you don’t end up running a session that looks like a “Dilbert Cartoon”   The Problem with Brain Golfing… Have you ever been talking to someone only to realize that they’ve been completely zoning out for the last few minutes and haven’t caught

Why you should delete your podcast app and switch to books   My Wife Reads 100 Books Per Year Let me tell you about my wife – she’s one of those people that does everything exceptionally well. She’s raising 4 young children. She just trained for and rode a 100-mile bike race. She volunteers at

A practical guide on what to do BEFORE a meeting so that you don’t end up running a session that looks like a “Dilbert Cartoon”   An Unexpected Compliment… A few years ago I had just finished wrapping up a 3 hour executive workshop I had been asked to lead when I found myself being

When we realize how much meetings actually cost, it should completely change how we think about them   The Meeting from Hades Let me tell you about one of the worst meetings I’ve ever been in. About 7 years ago I was asked to attend a leadership meeting for a local community group. There were

How to deal with disappointment from coworkers, everyday life, and friends/family   Christmas Eve 1995 I vividly remember a Christmas Eve night when I was 8 years old. I was so excited for Santa. The excitement kept me up far later than my parents expected, and as I snuck out of my room a couple

The Greatest Poem I’ve Ever Read   In 1817, Victorian London was abuzz with excitement. Rumors had reached the city that an enormous statue of a long-forgotten pharaoh had been discovered in the sands of ancient Egypt by Italian explorer Giovanni Belzoni and was being transported to England to be gawked at by the public. “Egypt Fever”

A simple mind shift that can help you improve your relationship with your spouse   This was a hard article for me to write. Not because the topic is complicated, but because it’s a principle that I struggle to live up to consistently. A few weeks ago my wife and I were having a good

A simple mind shift that can help you improve your relationship with your spouse   This was a hard article for me to write. Not because the topic is complicated, but because it’s a principle that I struggle to live up to consistently. A few weeks ago my wife and I were having a good