This may be our first Top of the Pops video. Spiritualized are not the standard guitar/bass/drums rock combo. I’m not even sure they use verse-chorus-bridge song structure. They certainly have a sound all their own.
Which version of being intentional works for you?
I have a client who has been reading coach Urban Meyer’s “Above the Line.” Meyer discusses the Success Formula: E + R = O. That is, an Event plus my Response to that event yields the Outcome. Events happen to us. What is under our control is how we respond to those events. Meyer points out that it is not …
Podcast 73: Why are your people here? Lessons from St. Paul‘s Cathedral
Before Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle there was the Sir Christopher Wren story. Have you discovered and clarified your team’s purpose? If not, you’re missing a big factor in employee engagement. To explore your purpose, use our free worksheet. We would love your questions and comments for future episodes: Email Mike and Mark. Listen here, subscribe on Spotify or …
“Why should I care?”
If Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle is a bit too abstract for you, this might help. It’s from Carmine Gallo, author of “The Storyteller’s Secret,” in Inc. magazine: “Steve Jobs Was the World’s Greatest Salesman Because He Answered The 1 Question on Everyone’s Mind.” We are all selling something. How might Gallo’s question help you with your customers? Your coworkers? Your …
Fighting addictions (even to phones) with naming
The second half of a recent Fresh Air features Dr. Anna Lembke and her new book, “Dopamine Nation.” It’s about the brain’s reaction to pleasure and pain, and how that relates to addictions. She asks her patients struggling with addiction to practice “radical honesty.” And so one of the things I recommend to my patients in addition to, you know, …
Horn Sections Make Rock Better: Things Can Only Get Better
The dated hairstyles. The music videos with absurdist plot lines. It can only be the ’80s. Great synthesizer work ALSO makes rock better (see: the Cars). This number features a nasty synth break … followed by a sweet horn break, courtesy of the TKO Horns. (They also worked with Elvis Costello, but I love his work with the Dirty Dozen …
Podcast 72: How do you use the seven coaching questions?
Bonus Episode! Mike and Mark’s last two episodes covered seven key coaching questions … but what does it look like to use them? Stay tuned for tips on how to make the most of the questions. To go deeper, see “The Coaching Habit” by Michael Bungay Stanier. We would love your questions and comments for future episodes: …
Horn Sections Make Rock Better: Apple of My Eye
I brought up Napster earlier this week. Ed Harcourt was another of my early Napster finds, thanks to a blurb in Q magazine about his self-produced (and -performed and -mixed and …) debut EP. A song on that EP always reminds me of dating my future wife. Here’s another song from the EP that carried over to his actual album …
What customer loyalty looks like
Businesses and individuals, how will you know when you have won over your customers? When they are truly loyal? It’s not when they buy from you. It’s not even necessarily when they return to you. It’s when they advocate for you. Swedish band fans Years ago I used the file-sharing service Napster. We felt like we were riding the wave …
Car designers and their loves
From The New York Times, for my automotive friends: Just enjoy the pictures, seeing people in love with their craft.