Feature Article #1

10 Secrets to Success, Revisted

Every now and then I have a “gut check” with myself, making sure I still have the right tools in life’s toolbox.
This week was one of those times, helped by being held captive on transcon planes from NYC to LA and from LA to NYC, both within 24 hours of each other (don’t you [...]

Starbucker | September 5th, 2008| 3 comments | Continued

Feature Article #2

The Joy of Fear (and Why You Don’t Have to Climb K2 to Experience It)

I was catching up on my reading this Labor Day weekend and came across a NY Times piece about 11 people perishing as they attempted to summit the mountain known as “K2″.
Here’s how the article described this peak:
K2 is known as the world’s hardest and most dangerous mountain for climbers, more challenging even than Everest. [...]

Starbucker | September 1st, 2008| 3 comments | Continued

Feature Article #3

From the Vault: A 4-Step Approach to Handling Mistakes

Yesterday I was thinking about what one of my old bosses called “the Six Most Important Words” - “I admit I made a mistake”. I mused about how hard it really is to utter them, or even think them. But it’s important that we do, because there is much to be gained from [...]

Starbucker | August 21st, 2008| 1 comment | Continued

Feature Article #4

Why We Need to Listen to Kenny Rogers: 7 Life Lessons from My Brief Poker Career

Saturday I read an article in the NY Times entitled “Winners Never Quit? Well, Yes, They Do“. It was a piece that tried to debunk the old adage “quitters never win, and winners never quit“.
Is “quitting”, when all is said and done, a sure sign of human weakness?
I would proffer [...]

Starbucker | August 18th, 2008| 1 comment | Continued

Feature Article #5

The Crash Davis Belief Statement - 2008 Twitter Versions

Back in 2006 I posted what I called my “Crash Davis Belief Statement”, inspired by the movie “Bull Durham“. Every time I watch that movie, and gosh, I’ve seen it 20 times now, I love this (edited for a PG audience) “harangue” delivered by Crash (Kevin Costner) to Annie (Susan Sarandon):
Well, I believe [...]

Starbucker | August 15th, 2008| 2 comments | Continued

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I’m a native Midwesterner now living on the East Coast, spreading “realistic optimism” through a philosophy I call “Half-Fullism“. I’ve been in the business world for over 25 years in various leadership positions, most recently as a senior operations executive for a service business based in the Rocky Mountain west.
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