Don't be jealous that I work solo. No one gets off stress-free, but I’m a poster child for keeping some control in an uncontrollable world.

I received a very long email from a client in Japanese.  The only non-Japanese characters showed a gmail address, so I assumed the client wa

When they say: I hate this. They could mean: I hate this. But they could also mean: I really hate this.

When they say: Nice job. They could mean: I haven't looked at it. But they could also mean: It's not great, but at least you got it

When they say: Get it done whenever you get a chance. They could mean: I really need it within the hour. But they could also mean: I’m givin

Self-employed people just put money aside to pay their estimated taxes before buying toys. Advice from someone else's dad.

Make sure that you explain the context of tasks so that younger members don’t think they're doing grunt work. Perhaps share the implicat

Presently a preponderance of even preeminent people prattle on about “pre-approving a pre-plan and pre-notifying pre the pre-screen.”...

Of course you have to know what’s happening in the markets; that’s your job. And I hope some day soon you’ll allow yourself to chill out and

Before you write an email or go into a meeting, figure out what your best-case actionable objective is. Do you want them to understand how t

Here are some tricks I use to make audiences pay attention: I let them know at the outset why the material is specifically important to them

Acknowledge mistakes. You’ll get more respect from people if you show how you can learn from what went wrong so it won’t happen again. Rewar

During the meeting try to listen carefully to capture the high-level message related to each topic.  It’s more important to focus on the sta

“Hmm, that’s interesting.” Although we might use the phrase as an automatic response to people when we’re not really listening to them, Indi

Contrary to what you think an undershirt keeps you cooler in the summer. Most people don’t want to see though your shirt to see your body to

Here's the hierarchy of salutations from most formal to least formal: Dear, Good Morning/Hello, Hi, Hey, Wassup??, Dude!!!!!

A great number of nervous symptoms—such as butterflies, pounding heart, dry mouth, and moments of forgetfulness, among many others—are simpl