Influence in Little Prodigies

What is the major influence that turns children into little prodigies? Mind-blowing research in Neurology points us in a new direction.
Is it amount of practice? Is it in-born talent? Is it high-income parents – or other privileged access to resources?
No, no, no.
The driving factor that influences a child to be a prodigy is his self-perception. [...]

Sports Stat of the Week – Favre Leadership

Minnesota Signs McKeon
No, of course not. I wouldn’t last 2 snaps on a field full of kickers. Having had the opportunity to kick one between the uprights at Texas Stadium I can also state that I wouldn’t make it as a kicker (missed completely).
Even those of us without TV and Radio know that Brett Favre [...]

Economic Leadership Starts with Simple Math

Seth Godin proposed a simple quiz for marketers this morning. To instantly see how quickly statistics get out of hand with a natural bias – also known as fuzzy math, consider his “quiz for smart marketers,” below. It makes a brilliant point. Not feeling mathy today? I put some numbers to it so you can [...]

Grandma Leadership – Democracy in Action

This is Democracy in Action! Adorable grandmother, Moni McCaslin, took to the streets to protest health care reform.
Agree or disagree, at least we finally have Americans engaged in some sort of dialog.
This particular grandmother is mine.

Education Reform

The strongest case for Education reform in the United States
Upon reading another author’s blog’s comments I was reminded how few people are put at the peril of the market in an obvious way, daily – i.e. they work for someone else, have benefits, and believe these things due to them. We need Basic Economics training [...]

Leadership in Hockey: Sports Stat August 17

Excuses last a lifetime. Achievement leaves you proving yourself again and again.
Sports Stat of the Week: Leadership in Hockey
I do (heart) hockey so back to hockey this week. The question ticking along today is, “How well do teams with one dominant player do . . . as determined by time on the ice.” In [...]

Success leads to Success

Try, try, try again and one day you’ll get it . . . heard that one before? Turns out that may not be so helpful after all. Save some time and get a better result by utilizing this short cut.
New research coming out of the clever folks at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory [...]

Influence and Body Language in New York City/Newark/Philly

October 7-11, I will be in New York City to speak on Causing Cognition through Body Language at various private functions and helping Kevin Hogan at his Body Language Mastery Course also in New York, October 10-11.
Kevin has some stellar surprise guests planned. He is after all the man who wrote the book on Body [...]

Golfer Influence: Sports Stat of the Week August 10

Who is the real Vanilla of Golf? One golfer dominates the Majors and it isn’t Tiger….

Super Stars: Born, Created or Molded?

Does achievement clump in time and location? And ultimately, can you do anything to create the super star cluster?

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