Jeff Bezos Shares an Inspiring Origin Story

Jeff Bezos Shares an Inspiring Origin Story

All great stories have a structure. Skilled storytellers like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos follow the structure to keep their audiences engaged.  On Wednesday, Bezos joined other tech CEOs (Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg) at a congressional hearing to answer very...
Start a Successful Negotiation in 2 Words

Start a Successful Negotiation in 2 Words

Start a Successful Negotiation in 2 Words Great leaders build rapport, trust, and commitment If you run a business, your people are looking to you for guidance in a moment of crisis. Your words make an impression on your team, partners, and customers. According to a...

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5 Ways To Ask For Help And Get It

5 Ways To Ask For Help And Get It

During a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic, many of us are reluctant to ask for help in our daily lives or in the workplace. An editor for Time Magazine acknowledged the unexpected challenges she and her husband faced when he fell ill with Covid-19. She needed...
How to Persuade Someone in 50 Words or Less

How to Persuade Someone in 50 Words or Less

I don’t play tennis, but I was captivated by a book about the tennis champion Maria Sharapova. I was sold on it after reading a 50-word pitch in The New York Times. When a reporter for the newspaper interviews an author, the last question is always the...