Dear brilliant reader, Mental models?  No no no I’m not talking about beautiful supermodels suddenly going wacko creating all sorts of ruckus, although that would probably be interesting .  Not at all, my friend – totally different context.  I’m talking about the models we use to view the world.  We all see and make sense of the world in a...

Don’t Even Try to Build a Network! Photo by wwworks My brilliant reader, whether you are an entrepreneur owning or running your own business, or an employee working for a company, would you agree that there is tremendous value in networking? When you hear the word ‘networking’, what’s popping up in your mind? Going back to around  10 years ago when my...

Photo by aloshbennett How do you define success?  For most of us (me included, to some extent), success is something we pursue and we often tie it in to our achievements, status, great relationships, or the amount of nice stuff we accumulate. This morning I re-listened to an interview with Srikumar Rao, the founder of the Creativity and Personal Mastery...