Betterment

Shifting your mindset about self-control can increase your willpower.

The thing about major innovation is, it comes in waves. These waves historically have lasted about fifty years, thereabouts. Along came the railway

It was with great surprise and delight that we saw Tom Peters had quoted our Chief Creative, Hugh MacLeod in his new book, “Extreme Humanism”, so

Ah, the good ol' days! We recently participated in a session for the UK National Health System (NHS), on a subject that isn't discussed

We’d rather not claim luck. Good luck feels like something was unearned. And bad luck sounds like an excuse. The false promise of meritocracy decries luck in all its forms. And yet… Amo…

The all-in-one tool is a great way to organize your work.

to never miss a deadline to be the last to speak up or offer help to learn something new every day to be helpless in the face of a technology to give others the benefit of the doubt to ask for help…

These little-known tricks will eliminate annoyances and make your agenda infinitely more manageable.

When it comes to happiness at work, title and industry don't matter. These two things do.

It’s so much easier to see and process the world if we divide it into discrete bits. This is non-fiction, that’s fiction. This is a good restaurant, that’s a bad one. This person …

“Just how charitable are you supposed to be when criticizing the views of an opponent?”

In an expert-run industrialized economy, there’s a lot of pressure to be the one who’s sure, the person with all the answers. Far more valuable is someone who has all the questions. The…

The drive to be your best can be hard to muster right about now. Here are some ways to get your mojo back.

Each phase of innovation presents unique challenges. Companies and employees that intend to last long-term will survive not by hoping for a sustainable state, but through continuous reinvention.

Typically when we imagine ourselves in a fight, we visualize ourselves pummeling our opponent, while somehow emerging from the melee unscathed.  The reality is that in most fights, the other guy will give just as much as he takes, which means you’re going to get hit.  So how do you take a punch so that […]

We talk about risk like it’s a bad thing. But all forward motion involves risk. You can’t find a risk-free way to accomplish much of anything. Appropriate risk has two elements: The odd…

If you have one, take a look at your pet cat or dog. These animals descended from wildcats and wolves, but today live pretty sedate lives, walking around your house and yard, waiting for you to deliver some kibbles to their bowl. My guest today says that modern humans are, in a similar way, domesticated […]

Anxiety can be good or bad. It turns out that it's really up to you.

Having a kid around has changed my perspective on many things, among them wanting to get more consistent in how our family approaches financial decisions. This is an area where I’ve spent a fair amount of time educating myself over the past decade, and I thought it might be useful for folks to see how my thinking has developed over my career, particularly given I started out knowing absolutely nothing on the topic.

Syncretism is the act of integrating new cultural ideas into the ones that already exist. It’s very common in the evolution of religious practice. Instead of ‘this’ or ‘that…

If you’re a longtime reader of Tedium, you might wonder how I manage to uncover so many strange stories. Well, let me tell you. Hopefully it’s inspiring.

Thought leadership is innovative thinking full of insight, information, and inspiration. To be a thought leader is to demonstrate you have an expertise in a particular area within your field.

As a keynote speaker and executive leadership coach I am constantly asked by my clients what is thought leadership. Today I will share how to

American Marketing Association CEO Russ Klein on the importance of taking original, principled stands to inspire others.

When I talk about thought leadership, people often ask me a few key questions. So, I thought I'd address them all right here. If you have additional ones, please contact me. I work with executives, entrepreneurs, non-profit leaders and their teams who are on the journey from leader to thought leader and/or creating