We don’t like uncertainty. It’s not comfortable. We want innovation. We like creativity. It’s engaging. But innovation creates uncertainty. So while we say we want creativity and innovation we often reject it because it is new, different and risky. It takes us to places that we are not familiar with and places where we don’t have all the answers. MORE >>

Dealing with toxic team members is one of the most stressful and frustrating parts of a boss's job. It's also one of the most important. Firing MORE >>

A few years ago I attended a conference as I was starting up my own business. There was a speaker in a breakout session who led us through a guided experience, and it moved me to tears. In brief, those tears had to do with my perception about myself that I was superficial. started some very hard work to change. But you can work on it. Start now. MORE >>

photo credit: Sean MacEntee Sooner or later, some sort of technical issue will affect your community over an extended period of time. Your account will be suspended by your host, you will experience an impractically high level of load for the server you are on, a hard drive will crash or, perhaps, you’ll have some [.]. MORE >>

Q: Sometimes I think that my biggest enemy is me. Why do we say and do things that limit our own success? A: We all have a list of characteristics and behaviors that we use to define who we are. Almost all of us have a few negative terms that are part of our self-definition. must have heard this phrase a thousand times, "That's just the way I am." MORE >>