Some tasks require Type A personalities: Ambitious, take-charge, and impatient. Life moves fast. To win, you must move faster. This is especially true for those who deal with situations that are critical…
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How Did We Survive…
When the only way to contact friends and co-workers if we were away from home or the office was to use a pay phone? When all writing was done by hand or…
Keep Up or Be Left Behind
Adapt to changing times, or get ready to explain yourself. Roger Ailes isn’t the only one to suffer from failing to keep pace with evolving social norms. So is North Carolina. Less…
When Dreams Meet Reality
Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. ~ Bible, Galatians 6:7 But what you reap, may not be what you hoped. Once a wheel is set in motion, inertia takes…
Lost in Translation
Best way to save image? Consider all the moving parts. You know what you said, and you know what you meant. How can anyone misinterpret it? Easy. Happens all the time. Even…
Sounds Good
Tell inconsistent stories and you lose credibility. “Some of my fondest memories are of things that never happened,” a prominent lawyer and raconteur told hundreds of guests at a retirement party, poking…
“You Lose.”
There’s an old adage in Crisis PR: “Lose focus, and you lose control. Lose control, and you lose.” A prominent litigator smiled when he heard it. “My version is quite similar: ‘Never…
Que Sera, Sera
You can’t unring a bell. You can affect the outcome. Doris Day was wrong. A lot of people approach life that way, but it’s ultimately defeatist. They feel hopelessly trapped and surrender…
Everything Looks Like a Nail
“If you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” It’s a concept familiar to every schoolboy. If you’re only looking for one thing, that’s what you will find — every time. Take…