Too many people put down productive achievement. Too many people snicker at go-getters who set their goals and then devote themselves to realizing them. I’ve heard it a lot these days, the suggestion that if you strive for success, you must not be all that concerned with making a difference and b...
My father used to take me there as a boy. For hours we would sit on the high hill that overlooked the compound and watch the soldiers performing their drills with pinpoint accuracy. I still don’t know what he found so absorbing about the spectacle. Maybe it was the pageantry. Perhaps it was the p...
I needed to be at the airport early in the morning for the flight to my next destination—Shanghai. It looked, from the note that Julian had sent, like I would have less than a full day there. My pre-trip self would have thought it an extravagant waste of airfare—flying halfway around the world on...
All about the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Jobs is in there. So are Branson and Gore. Mittal makes the cut, as does Oprah. But one of the profiles that intrigued me most is the one on Leonardo DiCaprio. Because of a single turn of phrase used by filmmaker Martin Scorsese. He describe...
By applying the leadership system I teach you in this book, you will experience explosive results in your work and help your organization rise to a whole new level of innovation, performance, and customer loyalty. You will also see profound improvements in your personal life and the way you show ...