FieldNotes
Our daily Field Notes email is just the kind of jumpstart you need. A fast read. Maybe less than a minute. Because sometimes it just takes one insight to change the trajectory of the day.
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Do You Run Toward Opportunity?
As it turns out, your life is full of lotteries. Minus the lotto balls. Life’s lotteries come in the shape of opportunities.
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Every Action Should Have Purpose
Brando, Garland, De Niro, Stritch, Taylor and Sheen all learned a singular, powerful idea from one woman: Stella Adler. An exceptional actress. A woman unusually full of mischief and mystery. And, of course, a legendary acting teacher.
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The Tricky Truth About Power in Relationships
“You can’t own someone, but someone can own you,” Truman Capote wisely pointed out. The power dynamic in relationships is tricky. And often counter-intuitive.
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How the Pandemic Negated Negative Leadership
An insecure leader I know berates his people and expresses his emotions like a freight train about to derail. The team suffers from the barrage. This leader is smart. Charming at times. Not afraid to be candid. But things turn dark when he’s not satisfied.
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Lincoln’s Tough Conversation Commitment
Some mornings, Abraham Lincoln had a sense that the day might become all too fractious. To be heard would require struggle; therefore, the need to listen would be paramount.
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Only Count When It Starts Hurting
How do you know you’re making progress? The gurus tell you to set small milestones, take short steps, measure short-term goals. Long distance runners pick a spot in the next 50 yards and work to get there. Then, they pick another spot..