A thousand opportunities

One of the most strongly held beliefs relative to the concept of scarcity is hidden behind the phrase "opportunities like this only come once in a lifetime." We must distinguish two aspects within this belief: one circumstantial and the other of essence. Circumstantial: The set of factors...

Firing blame and murdering entrepreneurship

One of the most insidious, tempting and corrosive habits regarding the empowering your employees is to assign blame for the lack of success of a project, whatever it may be. Firing blame is an attitude highly associated to the basic survival brain circuitry, which automatically makes...

Sorry, my mistake

Many believe that because they require themselves to be exemplary leaders, they are obliged to not make mistakes. However, that does not stop them from doing so anyway. We all slip some time or another. Nearly everyone expects other people to make mistakes, but few are...