February 10, 2020

What Are You Willing To Crawl Through For Success?

Andy Dufresne crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of shit-smelling foulness I can’t even imagine, or maybe I just don’t want to. Five hundred yards, that’s the length of

January 31, 2020

Fortune Favors The Bold

A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be spoken.

January 27, 2020

Luck Is A Function Of Effort

"I'm getting on the jumbotron tonight." It's good to have a goal, and this was mine on June 11, 1998. I was a broke college intern who scored Stanley Cup tickets

January 21, 2020

Great Managers Are Not Afraid To Piss You Off

We recall our mentors with an abundance of positive memories. We associate achievement with their guidance, direction and attention. Whether they were teachers, coaches or managers, they cared enough to invest

January 14, 2020

Why Giving Advice Doesn’t Work (And What To Do Instead)

"Rush out there with a ton of energy and tell a hilarious joke." A young, introverted manager asked my advice for his presentation in front of 200 people at an annual

January 6, 2020

Using Recency Bias To Improve Your Annual Pay Raise

“Clack, clack, clack.” In boxing, the sound of two pieces of wood smacking together signals ten seconds remaining in the round. To Muhammad Ali, the warning was his cue to make an

by Ian Mathews

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December 29, 2019

You Must Ask This Question In Every Interview

With one of the league’s most talented teams, the Dallas Cowboys underperformed in 2019. The Cowboys owner, Jerry Jones, will likely be searching for a new head coach once this season

December 23, 2019

The Guilty Pleasure Of Rooting For Others To Fail

I am a Detroit Lions fan. If an airplane of NFL fans had only 32 seats, the Lions fan would sit in the back row, near the toilets and next to

December 16, 2019

Your Conference Call Sucks (And What You Can Do About It)

“Was that a dog barking? Can you please put him outside for the rest of this conference call?” The barking did not come from a dog. It came from me. This is

December 10, 2019

Nobody Cares, Work Harder

Short and a little bit slight. Clearly not the thrower that the other guys are. I think [Jackson] is a wide receiver. Don’t wait to make the change. Don’t be

by Ian Mathews

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