More on Pills that Make You Smarter

A recent article in Scientific American Mind cited a survey of more than 1400 scientists in which they were asked if they’d be willing to risk mild side effects in order to take a pill that would boost their brainpower. Almost 70 percent said yes. Further, 20 percent said they already use prescription drugs to [...]

I Get to Decide How I Feel

I’m sitting in a restaurant alone right now. I was invited here by an associate so he could tell me how his new employer can help me be successful. It turns out he isn’t joining me.
In earlier days, I’d be popping a gasket about this. Today I’m ordering a BBQ chicken pizza and enjoying a [...]

Why are We Afraid of Risk

One of the biggest impediments to forward progress is fear of risk. We continually overestimate the risk of change while underestimating the risk of the status quo. Every so often, someone manages to make the rounds on television or talk radio from pointing out this strange non-symmetric way that we deal with risk. The reality [...]

What Do You Really Do?

We know what we do for a living. Most of us have our 30 second elevator speech and our 25, 50, and 100 word descriptions of our businesses. But what do we really do? Why do you do what you describe in your elevator speech?
My friend Rhoda Israelov, who is now a ghost blogger, once [...]

Filling Your Jar

A friend recently sent me the story about the college philosophy professor who presents his class with a jar filled with golf balls and asks them if the jar is full. After they all agree, he adds pebbles to the jar and shakes it up so that they settle into the gaps. Again, he asks if the [...]