We want many things for our kids: for them to be happy and successful, to do well in school and to ultimately be better prepared for the real world. … [Read more...]
Want to Give Your Career a Jolt? Try These 4 Counterintuitive Ways to Create Your Own Opportunities
Not-so-typical advice for giving your achievements and career prospects a much-needed bump.
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Bill and Melinda Gates Just Said Your Child’s Learning Is Held Back By This 1 Obsolete Classroom Tool
There's a lesson for all leaders deep within the Gates' 2019 Annual Letter
Bill Gates and his better half, Melinda, publish an inspiring annual letter each year, and 2019's was just released. It once again produced this reaction from me and my wife: "We … [Read more...]
Elon Musk Just Explained Why You’re Not Learning Much at Work Anymore
While speaking at a big space-science conference, the tech titan laid out what inhibits learning.
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6 Leadership Lessons From an Ex-Starbucks Executive Who Went From Coffee to Kids
In this exclusive interview, Andrew Alfano, COO of the Learning Experience, shares lessons learned from Starbucks and a fast-growing early education franchise.
Andrew Alfano feels like lightning has struck twice. No, he's not talking about the remake of Chips. The ex-Starbucks executive joined the coffee giant in its early days and … [Read more...]
New Research Reveals 3 Trends Shaping the Future Workplace–and What to Do About It
Recent future-of-work research reveals three trends that will fundamentally affect the workplace. Get ahead of it all.
I don't know about you, but I have a hard enough time predicting if I'll get any work done in a given day--let alone how work will get done in the workplace of the … [Read more...]
I Left My Corporate Job–and These 8 Things Became Clear
Here's how to enjoy the astonishing benefits of leaving corporate life, without leaving it (if you don't want to).
Many dream about leaving behind corporate life. Reporting to no one but yourself. A seven-second commute to your screened-in porch. Nine months ago, I did it. After … [Read more...]
Harvard Research Says This 1 Thing Distinguishes Entrepreneurial Leaders From Conventional Peers
Being considered entrepreneurial is the new status symbol. But the workplace is filled with more tightly bound than boundary-pushing leaders--here's how to be the latter.
If you were told in a performance review that you weren't very entrepreneurial, you'd be just as deflated as if you were called "un-strategic". Such is the status … [Read more...]
Want a Mentor? Here Are 5 Keys to Choosing and Approaching the Right One
You've heard plenty about the power of mentors, but lasering in on and landing the right one can be tricky. Here's how.
Bill Gates has his Warren Buffett. Luke Skywalker has his Yoda. Kanye West has his, uh, Kanye West. You've read or heard much on the power and importance of mentors. But how do … [Read more...]
