Quitting can be a smart decision, and it’s nothing to be ashamed of. In her book Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away, Annie Duke explores a bias most of us carry: we celebrate those who push through, and we quietly judge, or outright condemn, those who walk away. But Duke argues that quitting a course of action is sometimes the smartest way to win in the long run, whether you’re cutting your losses at the poker table or turning back on a mountain climb so you can try

Whether you provide customer service or contract with a vendor to do it, remember who you contract the work out to (i.e., third party vendor), and what they do or don’t do (good and bad) reflects back on you as the business owner — your products and/or services and your reputation. “. . . just having satisfied customers isn’t good enough anymore. You don’t own those customers. They’re just parked on your doorstep and will be glad to move along when they find something better

Life's toughest, most difficult lessons are actually quite simple! What's more, although some of these life lessons can be extremely painful, long, and taxing, they also turn out to be extremely rewarding and even life-changing! The first life lesson is that your life is your own, and you should never feel pressured to have someone else live their life vicariously through you. The second life lesson is that you can change your life by changing your attitude and perspective

Vince Molinaro's Community of Leaders (2024a) book is a follow-up to his previous book, Accountable Leaders (2020). In the last chapter...

I see many people on social media posting about burnout & how to manage burnout — BUT almost always only as an individual way to...

This story is about a former classmate and the life-changing gift and words of encouragement she shared with me that forever changed my...

"Two men look out the same prison bars: One sees mud and the other stars." -Frederick Langbridge It's very easy and so tempting to be...

RIGHT KIND OF WRONG - PART ONE In Part One of her book (Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well), Dr. Edmondson introduces a...

Many years ago I had a chance to meet and interact with a middle manager who, while appearing on the outside to be very self-assured, was...

Photo: Jocko Willink (left) and Leif Babin (right) I've written before about "extreme ownership" and how passing the buck (i.e., blaming...

In this book review of The Leadership Challenge (7th ed.) by James (Jim) Kouzes and Barry Posner, I'll compare the 7th edition (2023) to...