You know all too well what it’s like to be approached by the occasional self-seeker… They get closer, like raptors, only to take something from you and then sneak away with their spoils. With their stomachs full, they never look back. Over the years, you have...
Let me clarify: if you are not in some sort of difficulty, you are probably being lazy, settling for comfort that success brings. Yes, we swim in trouble because obstacles give us joy in life as they are constantly overcome, whatever their proportion. Support groups provide...
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...
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...
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...
If you had lived in France in the eighteenth century, influenced by the mainstream of physiocrats, you would probably have been led to believe that all wealth derives solely from the value of "agricultural land" or "land development”. Trade and industry were considered hopeless ventures....
Ignorance is a common attribute to all human beings. Therefore, as knowledgable as you deem yourself to be, you are also ignorant. Or do you, by chance, know everything about everything? There is nothing wrong with ignorance. Still, because of its consequences, we sense that we...
Mourinho does not play better than Cristiano Ronaldo. Ferguson does not play better than Wayne Rooney either. They don’t need to. The Mourinhos and Fergusons of any organisation are great leaders - they do not compete to be players. These managers have no problem in assuming...
Addictions are not generated solely by chemical agents, as is commonly thought. There are also psychological addictions. Although more subtle than their chemical counterparts, they can be as harmful or even more so than these. When it comes to addiction, one becomes a slave to it...
Few CEOs would disagree with me about the importance of maintaining an attitude of prudence in the use of resources in their organisations. No matter the proportion of abundance, one should avoid waste, reckless spending or meaningless extravagance. With a pondered use of resources today, one...