Most of us have something to pitch–your startup to VCs, yourself for a new job, or your product to customers. In any situation, one rule applies: The better the pitch, the better the results. Here are five rookie mistakes that will sink even the best ideas. This is a stylization of an artile by Josh [...]

Those who can manage their workloads and have high cognitive bandwidth are known as high performers / high performance leaders. Across industries, high performers use the executive skills they have effectively and dependably. Different companies measure these high performers in different ways. Some may identify high performers based on their consistency. Others may value those [...]

First, why would someone who writes and speaks predominately on business and economic trends write an article like this? Isn’t this somewhat out-of-character? If you use the modern definition of economics, i.e., “the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of commodities”, then you would have a valid point. But, by using the [...]

We are all sinners – at least in the business sense. And, it is hard not to be a business sinner today. In our current pell-mell state of rushing about putting out current “business fires” it would be beyond the capacity of mere mortals not to make one or more of the so-called business sins. [...]

In Debunkery, Ken Fisher–named one of the 30 most influential individuals of the last three decades by Investment Advisor magazine–details why so many investors fail to get the long-term results they desire. The short answer is many investors fail to question if what they believe is true–and are therefore blinded by tradition, biases, ideology, or [...]