In the modern economy, motivation is a tricky thing. A hundred years ago, when people like Frederick Taylor were pioneering scientific management, motivation was pretty easy. The idea was that you could switch people from […]
No matter how long your tenure as a team leader has been, you’ve probably seen it. Motivation can fade. Individual employees who seemed so full of life and so engaged in the job eventually settle […]
There was a time, many, many years ago, when taking our work home with us was a clear sign that we were overwhelmed. It wasn’t a badge of honor but rather a label that you […]
How are you doing? If you’re like a lot of people, your response to that question is probably some form of faux-exasperated “busy.” “How are you doing?” is just a rhetorical greeting—a form of “hello.” […]
By now, you’ve probably heard about deliberate practice and the famed “10,000 Hour Rule.” If not, it’s an idea developed by K. Anders Ericsson and popularized by mega-bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell; the idea is that […]
I’ve always appreciated this wisdom from Randy Pausch, of Last Lecture fame: “Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you wanted.” It encapsulates the value of learning from our mistakes and summarizes […]