How To Gain (and lose) Credibility

Focus your messages on the results you expect, not on the methods for doing the job. – Marty Brounstein Whether it’s a goal you have, or something you want from others, it’s always better to focus on being clear about what the outcome looks like (than try to prescribe the methods). This way methods can be…

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. – Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama) I could go in all sorts of directions with this one, but I want to focus on one that doesn’t occur to so many people. Be kind to yourself. Always. That doesn’t mean you rationalize or tell yourself…

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with…

Most people do what they’re told. In rare cases, people go beyond what they’re told to do. Even more rare is someone who figures out what would be more valuable than just a bit more than they’re told. But there’s even more one can do . . . : I’ll let someone whom I respect…

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions. – Aristotle What we do makes us. The idea of “muscle-memory” applies to character and life skills as much as it does to playing tennis or baseball….

In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing. – Theodore Roosevelt *  *  * But how do we know what the “right” thing is? Sometimes we know, sometimes we don’t ….