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Is Well-Being a Choice?
As you approach 2020, make an oath to wellness. And learn how to make the right choices.
Resilience: Build a reservoir of creative grit to overcome failures
(This is the 3rd of a 9-part series on creativity traits.) Curious: passionate for fresh knowledge; desiring to learn new things Resilient: capable of overcoming setbacks; able to take risks; ambitious Evaluative: willing to experiment and evolve your creativity beyond…
What Type of Product Manager are You?
I saw a recent Quora question that asked: “What are all the different types of product managers?” ALL of them? I’ve never seen a legitimate list. So, I created one. Here are a bunch of categories (acknowledging some overlap between…
The Poison Squad Review
How was your Thanksgiving meal? I hope the food was delicious, fulfilling, and safe. That hasn’t always been the case, as pointed out in Deborah Blum’s book, The Poison Squad. Travel back in time to the early 1900s to observe…
10 Safe Thanksgiving Conversation Starters
As you prepare for the potential onslaught of relatives on Thanksgiving, here are a few questions you might ponder to steer conversations away from politics. Information about the first Thanksgiving came from the diary of a. Sarah Josepha Hale b.William…
More Ways to Damage Well-Being
Last month I discussed 10 Bad Habits that Harm Well-Being. Here is another batch of bad habits. I’m going to start with a memory I have from my mom’s house. She had a plaque in her bedroom which read: Worry,…
Curiosity amplifies your creativity
(This is the 2nd of a 9-part series on creativity traits.) Curious: passionate for fresh knowledge; desiring to learn new things Resilient: capable of overcoming setbacks; able to take risks; ambitious Evaluative: willing to experiment and evolve your creativity beyond…
Product managers should think like entrepreneurs
During corporate training sessions, I often ask attendees for their workshop expectations. One product manager wanted to learn how to think like a product manager. To think like a product manager is to think like an entrepreneur. Neither have complete…
Eco-Smart Innovation
Engineers, designers, product managers, and businesses have an unprecedented opportunity right now to establish product advantage by championing eco-smart innovations. Learn more.