The comedy art of improv teaches thinking on your feet and going with the flow. Not bad skills for the office either. Tina Fey’s book “Bossypants” is her funny autobiography on her life in general, and how she came to be the head writer at “Saturday Night Live” and executive producer and writer of her …
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Try something – get going to get results
“The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it: If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. We need enthusiasm, imagination and the ability to face facts, even unpleasant ones, bravely…Yours is …
Question for you – how to ask better questions
Asking better questions can make a huge difference in everything you do. Unlocking answers is the key to real understanding. Good questions can make all the difference in advancing your career, business or organization. They can produce drops of information that add up to game-changing buckets of insights. photo credit: Questions viaphotopin(license) Journalism is an …
The greatest success strategies of all time – winning with positivity
Jon Gordon puts positivity into every book he writes and every speech he gives. Here are the highlights from his latest. We’re only 45 days into 2015 but it’s never too early to reinforce plans for success. Running in to resistance? Need a boost in positivity? Jon Gordon probably has the book or speech to …
Persuasive messengers matter – credibility and trust are essential for meaning
The messenger is just as important as the message. Here are three important qualities of great messengers. It’s no small feat to attract and persuade 9 million viewers to watch a news broadcast each night and yet Brian Williams at NBC has done it for years and has managed to stay in the number one …
Helping people prosper – how to be truly helpful
Here are the key elements to keeping people motivated and focused. photo credit: michaelwm25 via photopincc Maslow’s Hierarchy is famous for teaching us about our most basic needs of food, shelter, love and esteem, but hundreds of modern studies now point to three universal psychological needs that are necessary for sustained success. Whether you’re motivating yourself …
Messiness matters – tidy up to turn up your energy
A messy desk makes decision-making harder. Tidy up to turn up your energy level. To some, a desk piled high with papers, files, notes and unread periodicals is a badge of honor and a way of projecting hard work and busyness. The bigger the mess, the bigger my job, right? photo credit: jspaw via photopincc …
How humorous leadership wins – being funny at the office works
Great leaders are funny — in a particular way. Woody Allen recently signed on with Amazon to write and direct an original series for the online behemoth and commented on his new role in classic Woody Allen style: “I have no ideas and I’m not sure where to begin,” the Oscar-winning director said in a …
Don’t say can’t – give yourself a break
Being good at saying no makes you happier and more productive. Here’s how to do it right. Already wondering how in the world you’re going to get your to-do list for 2015 accomplished? One way to tackle it is to make sure your not-to-do list is in order. Your not-to-do list is essentially what you …
New year, next play – get on with it
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” – Stephen King Planning for the new year can sometimes seem unnecessarily complicated. This is why I like the above quote from Stephen King. It’s important to have a vision, but we’ve simply got to get up and get to work. …