All my life, I’ve sided with the underdog. Give me your women, your gays & lesbians, Blacks, Jews—and post-9/11, Muslims. Are you two of those? I’ll go to war for you. Give me a deaf, Black lesbian… and I’ll take… Continue Reading →
Anger is a natural emotion that can range from mild irritation to intense fury, while wrath is a more intense & destructive form of anger. In other words, you don’t control anger, but you can control your wrath, which is one of the… Continue Reading →
Growing up, one of my favorite sitcoms was Growing Pains, with Alan Thicke’s character Dr Jason Seaver as psychologist, serving as patriarch, provider, trying to be the best parent he could. As such, from an early age, I was drawn… Continue Reading →
You know the drill: another repeat question from someone… so today we tackle something a bit different. Another common theme that I get asked about is an area where historically all humans, but especially men, have not been comfortable discussing –… Continue Reading →
Students of Iranian history and politics can only make sense of things if they first understand Iranian culture, psychology & sociology. To understand Iran, you need to understand the psychology and sociology of its people. Taarof and oghdeh are two… Continue Reading →
Today is Let’s Talk, a day where we focus on mental wellbeing, which touches on resilience and the need for entrepreneurs to channel setbacks into stepping stones. Tomorrow I will go back to the first lecture, but as today is… Continue Reading →
We don’t always expand into the root of people’s difficulties, which sometimes stem from developmental issues that don’t original at work, but spill over into it. That’s going to change. Andrei Najjar asked me to join his Next Gen Marketing… Continue Reading →
Success boils down to how you react to challenges, adversity and obstacles. Nearly twenty years ago in 2002, while at AskMen, I published Course to Success: Everything You Need To Succeed Beyond School. Having graduated from business school in 1999,… Continue Reading →
Vision figuratively speaking is usually juxtaposed with Mission and Statement of Purpose. But literally speaking, I have also compared Vision with vision Vision vs vision In business, Vision is discussed relative to Mission and Statement of Purpose, for that, read… Continue Reading →
Human beings are all driven by insecurities. Don’t be so defensive, you are too. Human beings are driven by insecurities. Rebecca and I discussed it in a Context.TV video last year; having now referenced it in many articles on this… Continue Reading →
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