Having Tea with Anwar Sadat’s Widow Lessons in Leadership It was pretty surreal, sitting in Mrs. Jehan Sadat’s parlor in Cairo sipping tea. Visiting the wife of the late president of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, was part of the tour my son and...
When we think of career success skills, how often do we put happiness on the list? Happiness is a skill and a choice, and according to Daniel Gilbert, a psychology professor at Harvard, happiness is the ultimate goal of virtually all the decisions we make in life....
We probably all agree that it would be great to leave an amazing legacy when we die…people remember our good work or our financial benevolence or our intelligent guidance in achieving extraordinary results. That’s all well and good, but what kind of legacy are we...
Once when flying somewhere on a business trip I came to my window seat and there was a little old lady in it. I politely told her she was in my seat; she seemed very distracted (or flaky I remember thinking) and moved to the middle seat. Then I saw a yellow plastic...
We’re living our lives right now surrounded by our choice of habits, so the question is how do we start using habits to our advantage? It’s simpler than you might think, but like many things it takes awareness, and getting started. First, begin by choosing one or two...
