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The Best Decisions Are Never Made from the Comfort of an Ivory Tower

As managers get promoted, we get further removed from the company’s core operations. Use these 4 tactics to stay connected and make better decisions.

Laid Off? Try These 5 Tips to Get Back on Your Feet

After getting laid off, I learned it’s possible to bounce back —and do it quickly. Here are five ways to maintain sanity and land on your feet.

The 7 Best Books on Behavioral Economics

These behavioral economics books explain that humans aren’t as rational as the old-school economics models would have us believe.

25 Quotes to Build Your Life Around

The best quotes contain a world of wisdom in a couple of sentences. Each of these 25 quotes can be used to build a life worth living.

Be Efficient with Processes and Effective with People

Efficiency should be applied to processes—not people. When managing people, your goal should instead be effectiveness. Here’s how to live it out.

Boring Communicators Can Teach Us a Lot About Public Speaking

I’ve decided to use boring presentations as an opportunity to study what NOT to do in public speaking. Here are five tips I’ve learned from boring talks.

My Wife and I Met Our Travel Hero Rick Steves. In Our 5-Minute Chat, He Taught Me 3 Career Lessons.

My wife and I bumped into our travel hero Rick Steves in France. In a few minutes, he taught me three lessons about careers and leadership.

These Are My 10 Favorite Novels from the 1,000 Books I’ve Read in My Life

I read 70 books per year, so I’ve covered quite a bit of literary ground. From everything I’ve read, here are my all-time favorite novels in order.

Reading Leaves an Indelible Fingerprint Upon Your Thought Process, Attitude, and Life

I used to think the purpose of reading was to remember information. But I’ve realized the purpose isn’t to memorize—it’s to imprint.

I Learned a Lot About Leadership When I Had to Fire Someone for the First Time

Firing someone for the first time taught me a lot about leadership. Looking back, here are 5 lessons I learned from that painful but necessary experience.