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Why the Years of 0-13 Are So Vital (part 2 of 2: Business)

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Part 2 of 2 The Impact of Years 0-13 Later in Business “Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” Those three options were engraved into the faceplate of a small sign that pointed at guest chairs facing desk of the late George M. Steinbrenner. Steinbrenner relished his nickname: “The Boss.” He often reminded others […]

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Why the Years from 0-13 Are So Vital (Part 1 of 2: Sports Dad)

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Part 1 of 2 “The Sports Dad” I have been inordinately busy the last several weeks, eyeballs deep navigation through a pair of fascinating scenarios. Polar opposites in challenge and charter, both initiatives share a common denominator: the dramatic impact a person’s formative years can (and usually do) have on his or her evolving adult […]

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Why First Impressions are Hard to Change

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Relationships strengthen and weaken based on interactions the brain catalogs into three buckets: non-verbal evaluations, voice and tone, and selected words. Therefore a strong first impression goes a heck of a long way toward launching a solid relationship. A weak first impression is very difficult to overcome Researchers at NYU, Stanford, Tufts, and NYU have […]

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How Introverts Can Become Good Networkers

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Workforces are comprised of introverts, extroverts, and personalities in-between. The mix varies from place to place because the nature of a company’s work often shapes its culture. For example, an aggressive sales organization tends to hire competitive extroverts. Methodical, detailed-oriented industries (such as engineering and accounting firms) often skew heavily toward quiet, skilled introverts. It […]

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Why Silence is Good … and Bad

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I was in a client meeting this morning, the only one born early enough to understand the significance of Neil Armstrong’s July 20, 1969 walk on the moon. The moon really isn’t that far away—only about 240,000 miles—and many business travelers fly farther than that each year. But back in the late 1960s when the […]

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How to Develop Patience & Why It Matters

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Patience is the capacity for waiting—an admirable quality that helps us tolerate the gap between what we have and what we want without becoming upset. The word patience originated from Latin, from pati, which means to endure, bear or suffer. People these days don’t study dead languages like Latin; they’re too busy and don’t have […]

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