A while ago I found a YouTube video of Josh Groban singing Vincent. It’s a beautiful song and the performance was also beautiful. I loved it. But then I got interested in what the song was about. The song is about a 19th-century Dutch painter named Vincent van Gogh. I’m sure you know about him; [ Read More ]
Archive for the ‘Relationship’ Category
In an article back in 2010, I wrote about regret-minimization framework. It’s a term used by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos to describe the way he makes decisions. The idea is that you should make decisions that will minimize your potential regret in the future. He used this framework when he considered launching Amazon back in [ Read More ]
Categories: Attitude, Purpose, Relationship
Note: This is a guest post from Marcus Taylor of Get Noticed Have you ever considered that trying new experiences, such as eating new foods and trying new restaurants can make you more successful? Probably not, but there is in fact a very clear and profound link between the two. Over the past few months [ Read More ]
Categories: Learning, Relationship
Note: This is a guest post from Geoff Peart, M.Ed. of My Social Upgrade Last week I was at the grocery store when my three-year old toddler asked, “Daddy, I want that chocolate ice cream.” I suppose it was more a demand than a question. When I refused to put the chocolate ice cream in [ Read More ]
Categories: Relationship, Working
Note: This is a guest post from Geoff Peart, M.Ed. of My Social Upgrade Do you possess all the traits of a good communicator? Even if you do not, that doesn’t mean you can’t aspire to. Are there areas you know you could work on? Could you be better at telling stories? Are you slow [ Read More ]
Categories: Relationship
Note: This is a guest post from Dan Stelter of Anxiety Support Network While many people, including socially anxious and shy people themselves, consider shyness to be in general a weakness, there are in fact several strengths this condition brings about. The strengths themselves go against what is considered to be the standard convention, which [ Read More ]
Categories: Relationship
