Last week was a fantastic learning experience for me. I’ve been working with the CEO of a company who is working on technology that is incredibly exciting. In fact, he is doing really great things for the planet. Over dinner, when I gave him Kudos for the work and breakthroughs he has achieved, he didn’t look
Yesterday, my colleague Dave Carter and I where invited to a Uruguayan barbecue at the Estancia, Florida, Home of Edgardo Irigaray. The farm home was beautiful, the indoor barbecue unbelievable. Dave entertained a Uruguayan who’s who of the State of Florida — as well as dignitaries like governors and ambassadors who were in attendance
It’s amazing to me how many people in business believe that good meetings are meetings that result in yet another meeting. When I recently became aware that our own creative team had become bogged down in another such meeting syndrome, it occurred to me that what we really needed to do was to stop “putting our heads together” so much
This past Thursday, as I sat with family members around a traditional Thanksgiving table sharing great food and conversation, I couldn’t help reflecting on how it doesn’t get any better than this. But then I caught myself asking, or does it? And as I thought about it, it occurred to me that, yes, it could
When you’re a painter, perfection is whatever you decide it is. And if enough people agree that you’ve achieved it in expressing yourself, your paintings will come to be regarded as masterpieces. For a musician or composer, standards of perfection are considerably better defined than in painting. (Of course, you don’t have to be as
One of the things in business today that I always find fascinating is the lack of “sales people.” Now, they are typically referred to as specialists in “business development” or “corporate development” But true salesmanship is an absolute art, and a passion to those who have mastered it. Great sales people are incredible finds, and
Have you ever been so thoroughly stressed out by conflicting responsibilities that you think you simply can’t handle another thing? This happened to me last week. My daughter called and asked me for a favor that I told her I couldn’t possibly do because I had an early-morning flight and a ton of work to