Entries Tagged as 'Success'

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Power Suit or Open Shirt: What Do Your Work Clothes Say About You?

What you wear to work says a lot about who you are. In this post I want to psychoanalyze the heck out of the topic and see if we can learn a little bit about what your work clothes say about you. The Power Suit photo credit: MShades The power suit was popularized by Ralph [...]


Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Is Greatness Born or Made? Can Anyone Become Great if They Put Their Mind to it?

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?” – Nelson Mandela Americans have [...]

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Barack Obama: Lessons on Charisma from Obama’s Campaign Trail

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – Barack Obama With the news today that Barack Obama may have defeated Hilary Clinton in the race for the leadership I felt inspired to [...]


Thursday, May 8th, 2008

The Worst Speeches: What NOT to do in a Speech

Last week we showed you some of history’s greatest speakers and the techniques they used to deliver their marvelous oral discourses. In this post I want to quickly show you some things NOT to do in a speech. 1. George Bush – Don’t take questions if you don’t know your material George Bush is renowned [...]

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Michael Jordan and Nike: Success is About Failing

Last night my buddy and I were watching sport commercials when we came across this old Nike commercial featuring Michael Jordan. Both of us were really affected by the message in the advert so I thought I would share it here. Michael Jordan and Nike: Success is about Failing WPvideo 1.10 Download! The message in [...]