Harry Lorayne, the authority on memory training, made a statement that has stuck with me for years, “Memory is the stepping-stone to thinking, because without remembering facts, you cannot think, conceptualize, reason, make decisions, create, or contribute. There is no learning without memory.” Yet memorization is not taught in school. No wonder the bystander effect runs […]

Working hard and striving for perfection seems to have been overtaken by ’having fun.’ In fact, we are called A weird psychotic overachiever if we are motivated to try and be flawless with everything we do. All because we view failing as the opportunity to improve.  In fact, I agree with John Bowers who said, […]

What do we do when we are faced with a problem? As an athlete you have gone “0fer” for longer than you believe you should A Company ops out of a teaming arrangement shortly before the bid is do Too often we let the wrong things affect how do we react? Picture you are given a […]

If you haven’t looked it up yet, slapdash is when we don’t want to waste time trying to understand, it’s easier to ask someone else. We blur looking for a mentor with really looking for the Shell Answer Man. In the end we really care less about the future and more about the present; We […]

Too often ‘Lesson’s Learned‘ is something we discuss at the beginning of a project or an opportunity, but in the end we spend, well let’s be honest, we WASTE time justifying “why” we failed. It is easier to rationalize with excuses and blame versus taking the time to understand what went wrong and why. Lesson’s […]

Plato said, “I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is I know nothing.” Most are shaking our heads in agreement; that is until…someone asks our opinion. Our heart starts to race and our mouth engages, saying stuff. Maybe it is based upon emotion; maybe on a previous experience, but […]

Character is an interesting word. It’s easy enough to define. It’s recognizable when we witness it. And, Character makes us feel good when we describe someone who has it. Yet, in business it is one of those traits that is unfortunately UNIQUE. WHY? Is it because Character describes traits associated with mental and moral qualities […]

One of the greatest stories about luck…well, wasn’t exactly true. It’s almost as if we refuse to believe we make our own luck as Roman philosopher Seneca stated, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” In business and in sport, we want to believe someone was lucky, as if we want to blame someone […]

German philosopher Meister Eckhart said, “If the only prayer you said was thank you; that would be enough.”  Yet I believe James Clear is correct when he said, “Thank You is the most under-appreciated and under-used phrase on the planet.” Sure; most of us remember it after something good happens, but how many of us take […]

Ask yourself; what picture does your mind create when you hear the word Hacking? Do you see a vision of someone from far away stealing passwords, accounts, …? Or do you view hacking as making things work better; seeking shortcuts that make things easier; shortcuts that make things better? Most of us are blinded by […]