Content from this article was originally published by Forbes. There is an old adage that no battle plan survives contact with the enemy. Or, as Mike Tyson has famously said, “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” I don’t know about you, but during the pandemic, I felt like all my plans were punched. In our…
This article was originally published by Forbes here. As I’ve gotten older, I’m faced with fewer decisions that have clear-cut answers. Part of being a leader is that more difficult questions come to you, and those questions typically involve a lot of gray areas. The hard decisions are rarely those between good and bad or right and wrong, but between…
This article was originally published by Forbes here. When I was a kid, I used to love watching the G.I. Joe cartoon series. At the end of each episode, there was a public service-like message with a helpful life tip that ended with a character saying, “Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.” That counted as sage advice…
This story was originally published on LinkedIn. Here is a quote that I’m sure you have heard before. I’ve seen it attributed to several different people, but the version I like is by Harvey MacKay: “Our lives change in two ways: through the people we meet and the books we read.” Storytelling is so ubiquitous in our daily lives —…