Category Archives: Perspective
Understanding the Dynamics of Low Percentage and High Payoff
When I was a kid growing up California, the Oakland A’s were ‘my’ baseball team and Reggie Jackson was my favourite player. Reggie’s nickname was ‘Mr October’ – for his postseason clutch hitting. During his career he hit 563 home runs, placing him 13th on the all-time list. He also has the dubious distinction of…
Change Your Behavior Take it bird by bird, smile by smile.
By Marshall Goldsmith & Patricia Wheeler Anne Lamott took the title for her book on writing, Bird by Bird, from one of her father’s teachable moments. She said: “My older brother, who was 10 years old at the time, was trying to get a report written that he’d had three months to write. It was…
MY 10 FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2016
What a year! 2016 will go down as one of the busiest, most memorable, and, in many ways, one of the most bizarre. My reading has helped me make (a little) sense of the world this year. Here are my 10 favorite non-fiction books, in alphabetical order by author. Angela Duckworth Grit: The Power of…
The Fact and Myths of Cyber Crime
In this podcast Tom Crampton, CEO Trusted Impact Consulting, joins me. Tom is an internet security specialist with over 25 years experience, advising large and small businesses facing technical and non-technical security challenges. His firm has more than 150 clients, and over 1000 successful projects across Asia, North America,…
