The Right and Wrong Ways to Fail
The Right and Wrong Ways to Fail “Many notable success stories began in failure: Henry Ford went bankrupt before starting the Ford Motor Company; Thomas Edison and his colleagues tested thousands of materials before creating the carbon-filament lightbulb; J. K. Rowling received twelve rejections before the first Harry Potter book was published.” So begins an article that deserves the attention of […]
Best Blogs
I resource material for your “edification, enlightenment and enjoyment” from many sources. I will continue to provide specific recommendations as above for the content I think is worthwhile. But if you don’t find anything to your liking above, check out this list of the best (in my opinion) blogs, websites etc. for the C-Level Executive. I will […]
For Our Friends Outside the C-Level Family
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CovidActNowIHME (Institute for Health Metrics) Projections. Our World in DataCase Fatality Rate – Ticking down a little.Deaths – US Deaths per million people, Down a littleHospital Admissions – finally dropping in the US
Econ Recon
Funhouse Mirrors and the Economy: During the past two and a half years, the normal course of the business cycle and the economy was impacted by a non-economic variable none of us had experienced before: a pandemic. Dr. Brian Wesbury reviews the effects of covid in creating what is still to a great extent a distorted economy that […]
The Coldest Call (Part 2 of 3)
Last week I shared the first of three blog posts from Vistage Speaker Patrick Ungashick who has helped hundreds of Vistage member prepare their business for exit. “Part 1 of this series covered your first steps upon receiving an unsolicited inquiry. Take a few minutes for Part 2 which covers the information you’ll be expected to provide, specifically […]
Your “Obnoxious Roommate”
The most important person we ever manage is ourselves. And if you’re a high performing person you may be subject to what two researchers dubbed as “Imposter Syndrome.” Specifically, their 1978 study looked at high-achieving people who consistently believed themselves to be less bright or talented than the world thought they were. “Ariana Huffington named this nagging voice […]
The Virtues of Redundancy
We live in a time when attention spans are short and boring your audience, even if it’s only the one person you are talking to, is to be avoided at all costs. Leaders are urged to keep it brief to avoid people tuning out or being seen as inauthentic. However, according to Dr. Adam Grant, new […]
Congratulations! You’re a Venture Capitalist!
If you follow business news at all, you are to some degree aware that there are entities called venture capital firms that have provided early-stage capital to companies that later became the technology giants we are all familiar with. Such entities as Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz have underwritten Apple, Microsoft, LinkedIn, PayPal and many […]
Best Blogs
I resource material for your “edification, enlightenment and enjoyment” from many sources. I will continue to provide specific recommendations as above for the content I think is worthwhile. But if you don’t find anything to your liking above, check out this list of the best (in my opinion) blogs, websites etc. for the C-Level Executive. I […]
