Watching Apolo Ohno take silver in the men’s 1500m speed skating event was spectacular. Apolo is a great athlete and a true inspiration.
However, one thing I didn’t expect watching the speed skating event was a powerful quote from Apolo during a side-bar story:
“Before you go to sleep each night, ask yourself this question: ‘Did you [...]
As an Analyst, I am interested in identifying factors that influence variables such as performance and success. A few years ago, I put together a basic mind map outlining some of the key components. This was back in October 2007. Please take a moment and review the original post, which is now 2.5 years old:
While [...]
With 2010 just around the corner, I hope that everyone has taken a moment to ponder what they would like to see happen in 2010. Whether it is reducing debt, to remodeling the house, to finding a new life partner, setting a few goals and looking toward 2010 with optimism is a strong approach.
What do [...]
Immersion is the concept of surrounding yourself with a given subject to concentrate on learning it.
The GOOD
The good is that immersion is a very efficient way of learning something. You can jam pack a lot of information in a very narrow window of time. Picking up the basics of a new language or skill is [...]
Collaboration. It is a powerful word.
Cities are built on Collaboration.
Business rely on Collaboration.
The future of your career depends on Collaboration.
According to Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers”, some of the most intelligent people go untapped because of their isolation. It seems the truly successful outliers were well connected with those that helped them take the steps toward world [...]
Knowing something is half the battle. Communicating that something is the other half, but that is the subject of another post.
Knowing how your customers use your product and how they want to interact with you is a great thing. Two major steps toward becoming customer oriented.
But then you realize that what you know, might not [...]
Wins only come every so often. If they come too frequently, they lose their value. If they are too sparse, our willingness to achieve them dissipates.
When a win occurs, we often find ourselves on cloud nine. All of the sudden, your world is the happiest place on earth; you want to share the good fortunes. [...]
Metrics are the individual numbers that relate to other numbers that tell a story. Often, these are the numbers that people of all levels of the company use to make decisions.
If a company has a firm grasp of their metrics, fully understand their engine, and have reporting in the right places, there can be some [...]
Being genuis is not hard.
Being genius takes patience.
Being genius does not make you better than anyone.
Being genius requires you to listen, and listen well.
Being genius needs great communication.
Being genius is not what you are, but what you do.
Being genius means you do it just a little bit differently.
Being genius can be you!
