Entries Tagged as 'Success'

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Accepting Defeat: How to Deal With Defeat Like a Professional

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Everyone fails. Michael Jordan, Oprah, you, me. Everyone. The difference between regular people and great people is how they deal with the defeat. In this post I want to look at how to deal with defeat like a [...]

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Power Suit or Open Shirt: What Do Your Work Clothes Say About You?

What you wear to work says a lot about who you are. In this post I want to psychoanalyze the heck out of the topic and see if we can learn a little bit about what your work clothes say about you.
The Power Suit
photo credit: MShades
The power suit was popularized by Ralph Lauren [...]

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Is Greatness Born or Made? Can Anyone Become Great if They Put Their Mind to it?

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?” - Nelson Mandela
Americans have the [...]

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Barack Obama: Lessons on Charisma from Obama’s Campaign Trail

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” - Barack Obama
With the news today that Barack Obama may have defeated Hilary Clinton in the race for the leadership I felt inspired to talk [...]

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

The Worst Speeches: What NOT to do in a Speech

Last week we showed you some of history’s greatest speakers and the techniques they used to deliver their marvelous oral discourses. In this post I want to quickly show you some things NOT to do in a speech.
1. George Bush - Don’t take questions if you don’t know your material
George Bush is renowned for being [...]