Author: Joelle Thayer

  • March 19, 2019
    Whatever the situation, QUESTIONS propel, STATEMENTS retard. If you are thinking about something, you will make better progress toward your…
  • March 9, 2019
    You have to ferociously fend off the forces of default. Anyone on a path to making better organizations and a…
  • March 3, 2019
    They usually add more heat than they do light. They are side-bar arguments that obscure the central issue. Things are “right”…
  • February 22, 2019
    Here’s a unique phenomenon: you talk to yourself…incessantly. So does everyone else. It is always unique because you are the only one who knows what…
  • February 16, 2019
    People who have abandoned themselves to mediocrity, or merely being average, do this all the time. What most people get…
  • February 9, 2019
    Hesitate if necessary – but always say what you mean. What you should “mean” is whatever is going to produce the…
  • February 3, 2019
    The less like other people you are, the more appealing you will be as a potential leader. And nowhere is…
  • January 28, 2019
    People used to have work to do that they could parlay into a career. Now, it seems, most young people…
  • January 19, 2019
    It’s not threats. It’s not blackmail. It’s not exhortation. These are games that require no more than the complicity of…