Disclaimer:  I am not a professional literary reviewer.  I am a professional applied positive psychologist and business book USER.  What follows is my professional opinion about how you can put to use the great suggestions in a new book:  Leaders Open Doors by Bill Treasurer I encourage you to purchase this book on Friday, May...Read More

Unless you have been under a business rock, you are aware that the CEO of Facebook, Sherly Sandberg, has a new best selling book, Lean In.  It is a personal story of her career success, mixed with some broad general advice.  There is one piece of advice she shared that my then executive Stanford MBA...Read More

Today I will be brief.  Traditionally, the acronym, CEO, stood for Chief Executive Officer. I suggest the internet, increasing self-employment, and the upcoming generation of want-entrepreneurs will experience another acronym for their self-bestowed title of CEO — Chief Everything Officer.   New definitions, fresh starts.Read More

Ever since listening an IPPA call with researcher Adam Grant as he described how to build a social network as a giver, I have been reflecting on how I personally build social networks — or networks of any kind in my life. Quick Action Needed:  If you who want to hear Adam live Friday, April...Read More

I will not belabor the psychological adage which suggests we learn more from our mistakes than our successes, but I will share with you an in-time, real-life experience of a client (with permission).  This client knew action needed to be taken regarding their current position.  They wrote telling me they had learned a lot and...Read More

My last Dr. Success Challenge was to just notice if and when you were suffering from resilience fatigue.  As promised, here are some suggestions to overcome resilience fatigue: 1.  Rest.  I know I am stating the obvious, but you might be surprised how low you allow your energy reserves to get before you actually stop...Read More

Clearly, no one would ever say I am not a resilient person.  More important than what others might say, I would not say I am not a resilient person.  However, ever since I read the research on willpower fatigue, I noticed something I would call ‘resilience fatigue’.  What I am noticing is that sometimes I...Read More

I have a very simple Dr. Success challenge to start your new month. Dr. Success Challenge:  Answer these questions:  Do you have a tendency of describing your day as ‘crazy busy’?  If so, how do you feel when you describe your day that way? As an experiment, when asked, describe your day as ‘happy busy’. ...Read More

The book, Delivering Happiness, by Zappo’s CEO, Tony Hsieh has ‘paid it forward’ in many ways. A business culture development book grounded in the research of Positive Psychology, has brought back the soul an inner city school’s culture on one coast and is seeding the resurrection of a city’s community soul on another. A few...Read More