Simple and easy

Simple is rarely easy. What we equate as being easy may not be simple, but the ability to break it down in a simple way makes it easy. Easy may be equated with less effort, while simple is anything but. Creating simple is often tricky, and simplifying can be complex,...

The one thing

With ambition, you may desire to grow as fast as possible. While the goal may be admirable, we too often miss much in pursuit of being all-conquering. Take the time and dedicate resources to perfect one thing first. Become good at that, and then we can more easily...

Hard, but worth it

As a leader, it is difficult to change an organization’s routines. It is hard enough to change your behaviors, and now you want everyone to come on board at the same time to do the same thing. So people push back. They come in with a negative mindset and...

When minnows win

Yesterday, the Morocco football team was the first African national team to progress to a World Cup semifinal. It is not a glamorous team that anyone assumed would make it out of the group’s stages: no global superstars and many players who play for smaller...

Schedule ahead of the game

It’s your game. Some rules may be your own; others may be created with you or dictated by others. But it is the game. The game of being ahead of ‘it.’  How we start the year and where we are in the game depends on you. If you wait until January 1 to begin to...