Ashlee Vance has a fascinating write-up on Elon Musk, one of the most successful young entreprenaurs around, for BusinessWeek.com: Jon Favreau, a friend and the director of the Iron Man movies, has called Musk the basis for his version of comic book hero Tony Stark, the playboy inventor who builds a flying weaponized suit. OriginalRead… Read more »
In an earlier post I briefly mentioned how important it is to practice visualization to succeed. Today I want to give you an example of how you can train your employees to do this. I tried this recently with five of our departing summer interns on the last days of their internships, and it wasRead… Read more »
This post is cross-posted at Routeam.com. I had an intern recently that was a real go-getter. The intern had a very impressive resume inside and outside of work, including managing an organization in their spare time. Another employee asked this person where they got all of the time to do all of that. “I don’tRead… Read more »
This never gets old (NSFW). Original post
If it’s a slow day in the office, you know what to do. Original post
Welcome to column number two of Dating Management. Let’s pick up where we left off last week and assume you’ve convinced Stressful Sue and Irksome Isaac, your high-performering employees whose lack of a love life has left them irritating you and your office, to join an online dating site. Now what? What do you tellRead… Read more »
Be very careful when using auto-correct around the office. Original post
Jessica Hagy writing for Forbes.com: 1. Ignore the future, deal with the present. The question, “What should I be when I grow up?” is wrong. Ask instead, “What is next today?” People become fat one bite at a time, and we become adults one hour at a time, so what we do today matters. OriginalRead… Read more »
That mistake you made in your last work assignment? Listen to this, and then forget about it. Original post
Fixing the internet connection. Original post