We have a love affair with specialization. We place a premium on those who’ve honed their skills and expertise to a such a fine degree that they show themselves to be extraordinary. The pursuit of excellence, whether in art, ...
“I don’t know what I’m good at.” I hear that comment a lot. I’ve often even thought it myself. There’s a lot of talk about mastery. It’s one of the three elements of intrinsic motivation that Daniel Pink describes ...
If uncertainty were a publicly traded company, I’d be a wealthy man, for I’ve owned my share, sold some, and bought more. But I’ve never divested. I’m a long time shareholder in Uncertainty Corp. and I expect to be ...
How we view our capacity to grow greatly affects how we engage a challenge, be it a dream we aspire to achieve, or the next project we need to get done. As a third-year physics student in college, I ...
You’ve just been hit with a tsunami. At least that how it seems now that you’ve been told that your “services are no longer needed.” Alternating between anger, discouragement, perplexion, and panic you ask: How could this have happened? ...