In the book Work in Progress, Michael Eisner tells the story of a reporter interviewing Babe Ruth prior to the seventh game of the world series.  The reporter asked how Ruth managed to bear the pressure with 50,000 fans in the stadium screaming every time he came to bat and his whole team counting on […]

One of my favorite quotes of all time is from Stephen Covey.  He states, “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”  I love this quote because it takes away our ability to blame how things turn out in our lives on external circumstances; it tears down the idea that we must […]

I was talking with someone recently who expressed their anxiety about failing.  They weren’t failing, and hadn’t failed.  In fact, they are currently doing well, but their concern was that their current successful set of circumstances would slip away and they would repeat an unpleasant time in their lives about which they still feel they […]

One of the most beneficial and rewarding exercises I did in the course of earning my master’s degree was to write an essay based on my desired vision for my personal future.  At the time I was going through a difficult but necessary transition from one position of leadership to another, and the process of […]

There’s a great book which was written back in 2002  by Steven Sample called The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership.  At the time, Sample was the president of University of Southern California, and he shares some great lessons that he has learned as a skilled leader, particularly when dealing with circumstances that call for unique and […]