These days – it seems – there is always a hidden agenda.

While the ethics of influence advocate presenting balanced influence attempts to aid decision-making, the practice of influence seems to ignore the eighth principle of persuasion.

Thus, whenever you are inclined to be influenced by someone, pause and check what they may be hiding from you. Read More

Weighed down by current events? Depressed by pandemics? Angry at people who break/obey the rules?

You choose to be that way.

And, you can easily choose to change this.

Times may be tough, you may have lost your job, or you may be overwhelmed with the crisis. 

But, that doesn’t mean you need to allow that to depress your spirit. Read More

What is work?

“An activity I get paid to do.”

“Something I do that adds value.”

Two worldviews that invoke wildly different experiences of life. Read More

If you’ve been passed over for promotion, I can think of three good reasons why.

Firstly, you have not proved you are good enough.

Even if you are good enough, you still have to prove it.

Second possible cause, someone else proves themselves to be better. Read More

If you have a job for life, you’d better make sure it’s your passion, lest it become your poison.

A job for life is more of a life sentence.

Sure, it provides security, if that’s what you’re looking for.

Yes, nice steady income, low risk, paying the bills.

Mediocre and boring.

Aren’t you worth more than this? Read More

Realists always proclaim you have to consider feasibility and look logically at things before you get too carried away.

Can you name a single realist that has ever achieved anything remarkable?

Yet if you are rash and care not for realism, you’re likely end face down in the dirt. Read More

Who is having a laugh at you right now?

They say something, do something, that makes you mad.

Do they do it on purpose? Surely not, they are just ignorant.

Either way, you have a problem. Read More

While walking with a new friend, she shared with me her dream to be a writer.

I asked her, “What have you published?” Read More

It is vital to have escalation procedures in place.

Natural to hit a problem and refer it to your boss.

Easy to throw the issue to someone else to deal with.

Yet whenever you escalate, you pass responsibility and control to others. Read More