Using Generosity to Increase One’s Wealth Word Count: 1,573Estimated Read Time: 6 Min. The most generous people in America are also among the wealthiest. While cynics often dismiss this as a mere PR move or a luxury for those who … Continue reading →

Leveraging the ‘Hard Stop’ for the Good Word Count: 1,348Estimated Read Time: 5 ½ Min. The Architecture of Urgency: Leveraging the ‘Hard Stop’ to Close the Year As the calendar pages thin and the final weeks of December approach, a … Continue reading →

The Psychology of Crossing the Finish Line Word Count: 1,317Estimated Read Time: 5 ½ Min. In the high-stakes environment of corporate leadership, we often celebrate the “initiators” — the visionaries who spark new ideas and the teams that charge out … Continue reading →

How to Keep the “Endowment Effect” from Stopping Innovation and Efficiency at Work Word Count: 1,745Estimated Read Time: 7 Min. The Endowment Effect is a powerful cognitive bias that profoundly impacts internal business productivity. It’s The Endowment Effect is a … Continue reading →

The “Endowment Effect” and Why Finishing Feels Harder Than Starting Word Count: 1,455Estimated Read Time: 6 Min. You’ve started a project and made significant progress on it.  It’s time to wrap up.  By all accounts, it’s basically done.  But somehow, … Continue reading →

Ending Procrastination and Prioritizing Execution Word Count: 1,651Estimated Read Time: 4 Min. Jensen Huang.  Jeff Bezos.  Elon Musk.  Sheryl Sandberg.  These four top business executives are well known for their ability to lead successful companies.  At first blush, it might … Continue reading →

The Procrastination Puzzle: Unlocking Potential and Conquering Delay Word Count: 1,395Estimated Read Time: 5 ½ Min. We’ve all been there. A brilliant idea sparks, a crucial project looms, or a promising business venture beckons, but instead of diving in, we … Continue reading →

When Pride in Work Kills Productivity Word Count: 1,625Estimated Read Time: 6½ Min. The IKEA Effect is a cognitive bias where people overvalue things they have had a hand in creating. Being invested in their work and taking ownership of … Continue reading →

The IKEA Effect’s Dark Side Word Count: 1,669Estimated Read Time: 6½ Min. Why Pride of Ownership Keeps Work from Getting Completed In 2011, Behavioral Economists Michael Norton, Daniel Mochon, and Dan Ariely observed that consumers place a disproportionately high value on … Continue reading →

“No” as the Key to Starts that Result in Success Word Count: 2,006Estimated Read Time: 8 Min. Harnessing the Power of “No”  In a world that constantly demands our attention, the most powerful tool for achieving extraordinary results isn’t the … Continue reading →