In response to FT Article :“Genius explained, with help from Mozart”
Read moreIn the December 6th edition of the Financial Times, I came upon an article by columnist Lucy Kellaway entitled, “Genius explained, with help from Mozart”. Here is a link to it: Click here (PDF version here) In the past few years, I have often enjoyed Kellaway’s commentary. In my humble opinion, she is a fine writer, often amusing and ironic,
In response to Fast Company Article : “Does “Liking” A Bulldozer Help Sell More Of Them?”
Read moreI enjoyed “Does “Liking” A Bulldozer Help Sell More Of Them?”‘article, as I have been considering the question business-to-business applications of social media for several years. In fact, when I was doing research and interviews for my book, The New Marketing: Social Media, Email, and the Art of Storytelling, I addressed the b-to-b question very little, for a simple reason.
An interesting journey to America (part 2)
Read moreA noteworthy meeting :The following Monday, November 5, I had a long breakfast meeting and conversation with Jamil Mahuad, former president of Ecuador, to whom I had been introduced by a common friend. In the early days of his presidency, in 1998, Mahuad negotiated a historic agreement with Peru, an accord that ended a series long-standing border disputes between the
An interesting journey to America
Read moreOnce again, we interrupt this blog and our discussion of deliberate practice to write a bit about the current events of my life. While I had planned to push further into the realms of talent, practice and mastery, my encounters of recent days and weeks have been simply too interesting to ignore, so I choose to write about them now.
Deliberate practice, continued
Read moreIn the previous entry, we discussed the importance of the mentor or coach in the concept of deliberate practice. The coach not only designs the practice activity that pushes the student toward continuous improvement; she also must have the type of discerning eye that can deconstruct the process in order to provide ongoing feedback and encouragement. Other than coaches who
How deliberate practice works
Read moreBefore writing last week about my excursion to Northern California with the group from Portugal, I had spent two weeks on the concepts of talent, practice, and the origins of greatness. In particular, I had written posts about how the “gift for speaking” of Churchill or the “natural talent” of Michael Jordan were pubic perceptions, even misconceptions, rather than true