“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” Jack Kerouac, author What can we learn from Wordle, the current vocabulary game sensation? Lots, actually, and not just new five-letter words. If you’ve somehow missed it, Wordle is the new online vocabulary game that has taken the USA, and much of […]
“Each person is capable of doing one thing well. If one attempts several, one will fail to achieve distinction in any.” –Plato Well, maybe this won’t be a new career strategy for all, but it will be new for many. The career strategy we recommend you adopt is to focus your time and energy on […]
“It’s Christmas Eve! It’s the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be.” Bill Murray in Scrooged Leadership presents you […]
“Nothing spoils fun like finding out it builds character.” Calvin, of Calvin & Hobbes If you are familiar with the comic strip, then you’ll recall that Calvin’s dad constantly stressed the importance of “building character,” usually through situations and tasks that Calvin hated. Though Calvin couldn’t appreciate it at the time, his dad’s insistence on […]
“I read the news today, oh boy.” Lyrics from A Day in the Life, by The Beatles Even the mighty fall career-wise when they violate basic rules of workplace conduct as discussed in Look Out Above! Consider please . . . Jon Gruden: former coach of the Las Vegas Raiders NFL football team Facts: Inappropriate […]
“The best ability is availability.” Bill Parcells, Hall of Fame football coach If you’re a sports fan then you have likely heard the aforementioned (and overused) quote a time or two. The sentiment is an exaggeration, of course, as you’ll need to demonstrate proficiency in other abilities to differentiate yourself at work, and your availability […]
“If people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s gonna stop ’em.” Yogi Berra So, too, if people don’t want to work at their current place of employment anymore, “nobody’s gonna stop ‘em.” This blog and the next will address what has been dubbed the Great Resignation – the fact so many people […]
“Write like you are running out of time.” Alexander Hamilton (American statesman, military commander, defender of the U.S. Constitution, lawyer, musical performer!) Look Out Above! readers will attest that the book’s co-authors rarely come across a sports metaphor or analogy that they dislike, and it is only through ruthless editing that more “sports talk” didn’t […]
New Skill: Ending Phone Calls Gracefully “This phone call could have been an email.” Anonymous (popularized in meme form) Bet you’ve heard or used the phrase “I’ll let you go” lately, as it’s become a popular sign-off technique to get off a phone or a Zoom call. Sort of like George Costanza’s classic relationship break-up […]
“Even thinking about the future will cause it to change.” Thomas Frey, futurist As readers of our book and followers of our blog can attest, the LOA! team is not reluctant to apply sports analogies, metaphors, and lessons to the business world. So a short feature in the Wall Street Journal caught our eye. This […]
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