Best > Excellence

Best > Excellence

“‘Doing the best I can’… is actually not the same as, ‘doing everything I can.’ When we tell people we’re doing the best we can, we’re actually saying, ‘I’m doing the best I’m comfortable doing.’ As you’ve probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.” —Seth...
Courage Empowers a Regret-Free Journey

Courage Empowers a Regret-Free Journey

“All of our regrets come from a lack of courage.” —Bronnie Ware Have you heard of Bronnie Ware? After spending several years as a palliative caregiver to terminally ill patients and learning first-hand about the pain and anguish of those who faced their final days...
Just Listen to This

Just Listen to This

Does it feel like you have about a million things competing for your attention? These days, the “always on” lifestyle is taking a real toll on our available attention spans – for ourselves and others. Plenty has previously been written regarding the price associated...
Bring Your Human to Work (Part 2)

Bring Your Human to Work (Part 2)

Last week, we learned the first five approaches to making the workplace more human shared in the book Bring your Human to Work: 10 Surefire Ways to Design a Workplace That’s Good for People, Great for Business, and Just Might Change the World by Erica Keswin. Did you...
Bring Your Human to Work (Part 2)

Bring Your Human to Work (Part 1)

Erica Keswin’s book, Bring your Human to Work: 10 Surefire Ways to Design a Workplace That’s Good for People, Great for Business, and Just Might Change the World, has some great advice for those of us involved in creating Great Places to Work. She writes that...