The S.T.U.P.I.D. test
We’ve all heard of the SMART goal acronym. Tom [...]
October 2014
September 2014
Freedom at Work
How'd you like to take as much vacation as you [...]
The opposite of work is ….?
If you said ‘play’ you’d be in the majority. And [...]
How work is like diet and exercise
Just like the food you eat could be bad for [...]
August 2014
Don’t ever let your age stop you
Of the three life stage descriptors —young, middle-aged, old—only young [...]
Emotional labour — the source of service
Someone recounted an unkind incident to me recently. A govt [...]
The key to wanting to go to work every day
Why is it that so many workers seem to exist as [...]
Why we don’t teach forgiveness
How could it be that we don’t actively practice forgiveness? [...]
July 2014
Photography as metaphor for how you look at life
How you look at your life affects how you feel [...]
June 2014
The whole truth and nothing but
Many of our people problems at home and at work [...]
Be like water: Learn the soft skills
Employers today sift for soft-skilled employees like prospectors of old [...]
April 2014
Why we hate to commit, and why we must
Most people hate to commit. No, it’s not just guys [...]
March 2014
Relationship lessons from Soap Operas
TV soap operas are addictive because most people can’t resist [...]
February 2014
What to do when you lack credibility
The other day I gave a talk about something that [...]
January 2014
What would you tell young you?
The other day my girlfriend asked me what advice would [...]
Don’t repeat 2013
2014 is here. Seems like it accelerated towards us like [...]
December 2013
We can all be like Madiba
It's easy to talk about Mandela as if he were [...]
November 2013
Six things we can learn from the faithful
I've shut the door on many a Jehovah's witness so [...]
October 2013
Why we fail at making people change
People always seem to do or believe things that are [...]
Dictation makes a comeback
Dictation and the technology that made it possible—short-hand—died because typing [...]
A Murder in Paradise
It’s odd to think that someone could be murdered in [...]
September 2013
Your power to choose
We couldn’t possibly remain conscious to every choice we have in [...]
Why are we called human … beings?
Why are we called human beings? We don’t say tiger [...]
June 2013
Hacking your education
Interesting word 'hack.' Being 'hacked' usually means someone broke into your [...]
Everybody wants to feel like they matter
Everybody wants to feel like they matter, that they are [...]
Icebergs, superstars and you
No doubt you already know that most of an iceberg’s [...]
May 2013
What can you do?
What a confronting question. “How can you help other people?” [...]
You could lose your job tomorrow
If you've ever lived in New York city you'll be [...]
April 2013
Productivity tips right under your nose
I often help my mother navigate and use very basic (to [...]
Equal rights for everybody, except people we don’t like
Several arguments are used to explain why homosexuals shouldn’t be allowed [...]
March 2013
Brutality Cascades
Why is it that every government in Trinidad disappoints? While [...]
How could anyone not like me?
My mother and I continue to be amazed: How could [...]
February 2013
Resist the urge to react
A few days ago I was standing with a friend [...]
January 2013
Fake it till you make it
Everyone faces times when they feel like a fraud; some [...]
Old Year Blues and What’s it all about
Remember when you were a kid and a day [...]
December 2012
Hey, we’re still here!
If you have managed to exist without even the vaguest [...]
November 2012
Apollo 13, Jon Gomm and “It can’t be done”
One of my latest best friends was sharing with me [...]
October 2012
When did “I wanna hold your hand” become “I wanna bend u ovah”?
If you ever needed proof that time are achangin' look [...]
Which commitments do you keep?
Most people break or avoid commitments, yet for even the [...]
September 2012
What is it all about?
Got this in my inbox the other day: Peter, if [...]
Motivating the troops, Bill Clinton style
We've seen it time and time again in the movies. [...]
August 2012
A lesson in reality from “The Newsroom”
There's a great new television show called the Newsroom. I [...]
July 2012
The dark side of hope
If—like Aron Ralston—you’ve fallen into a crevasse, your right arm [...]
Business and Art: BART
One of the many implicit teachings of traditional education is [...]
Top 10 ways people give away their power
Received this list the other day from an email service [...]
June 2012
A Four Year Degree in One?
Getting a degree is still the primary way of becoming [...]
May 2012
The end of book stores?
I shouted for joy when I read (actually heard on [...]
April 2012
Stop praising kids for being smart
Sometimes doing what seems right is counterproductive. When your car [...]
March 2012
And you thought you’d grown
The other night I was having a drink with two [...]
Bye Bye Encyclopaedia Britanica
The New York Times today ran an article about the [...]