As I continue my career lesson series, I am wondering what teaches us better lessons: our failures or our successes. For the previous posts – see below Part 1 of the series – The Greatest Teacher, failure is – Planes, Math, and the Red Light District, Part 2 – The Greatest…

It stung.  Like a Light saber waxing.    In my 30-year career, my longest job was my last one; I was there for seven and a half years. I have been gone for a year about a year. So today I wanted to reflect on it. The last Death Star made…

It is weird to me that I have become the “older guy” in the room in most of my meetings. For most of my career, I have punched above my weight or age and have been promoted into the room with the “white hair” guys. My skill, ownership, and “get…

It’s just one of those days. One of those mornings where you wake up and, quite frankly, just want to cry. It’s not because something catastrophic happened in this specific moment; it’s just the cumulative weight of a bunch of little things. They all add up, clouding your perspective until…

It’s that time of year again or for many just past. Performance review time I have a secret to share for anyone still stuck in the grind: Performance reviews don’t matter. Shocking, I know. I looked at performance reviews exactly like the vast majority of managers do. What I’m about…

I was sick this week. Fortunately, when I am sick, I can stay home. I have enough Stormtroopers who do the day-to-day work that it doesn’t matter if I take time off. When you’re an important cog in making the machine work, sometimes it can be worse to take time…

In my first article, (Vader’s First Law of eMotion: The Law of Emotional Inertia), I talked about Inertia—how a retiree at rest (on the couch, in a routine, or in a mood) tends to stay at rest. I suffer from this first law. I would be the opposite of what you…

This is Part 2 of the Vader’s Laws of eMotion series. In my first article, (Vader’s First Law of eMotion for Retirement), I talked about Inertia—how a retiree at rest (on the couch, in a routine, or in a mood) tends to stay at rest. But once we realize we are…