The Middle – A nice place to visit but you wouldn’t want to live there
The Middle It’s a nice place to visit, but… What is the middle? Well, let me use it as a window to see something you normally wouldn’t. The Bell Curve You’ve probably heard of this, yes? Teachers sometimes grade ‘on a curve.’ I...
Who you are and what you do
Tell me who you are and what you do This is how I start every interview I do on my show, and it’s turned into something that is universally applicable. It’s a deceptively simple question. The Persona and the Job Think about the printer guy, the waitress,...
Lifelong Learners and Lying
Are you a “lifelong learner?” do you know anyone who calls themselves that? Oh, you do? What do you think of them and that statement? Are they? What do I mean “are they?” Well, what did they learn…? What are they learning? Does that seem...
The Four Conversation Methods
There are a lot of people talking about conversations, no pun intended. The curious thing is for something that’s such an integral part of our existence—something we use every day in many forms—we don’t seem to be doing it right. At least according to the...
