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In 2006, while I was working as a corporate trainer at a multinational corporation, I started teaching in a professional development program designed for top performers in the company.  For the first time in my career, I had trainees who were, for the most part, older and more accomplished than I was. The participants in…

What I’ve learned about forging solid, long-lasting relationships with new friends in a foreign country is that it requires dedicated time, energy, determination, understanding and courage. Of the 5 characteristics I’ve shared, the most challenging one is understanding. How do you plant yourself on foreign soil, in a fresh environment and allow one to take…

Recently, I attended a meeting with representatives of our City Planning Department. There were plans to redirect a road that would affect an apartment community we manage, and I needed to understand the implications it might have on our business. Many city governments are notoriously difficult to work with. No one likes the red tape…

As a young teacher, I thought teaching was all about content.  I believed that if I knew my stuff and explained it clearly, I would be a successful educator.  However, this approach eventually failed me.  There came a time when my students couldn’t learn from me.   It was the one and only year in…

  Think back to the last time you awoke with a start from a deep sleep because of a dream you were having.  Was it a good dream or a bad dream? Did it give you a glimpse of the future? What did you do about that dream?  Did you take action, or did you…

  Four years into my doctorate degree, one of my professors asked me a question that I couldn’t answer, but it didn’t have anything to do with our class. I was in the hotel gym at 5:30 am just finishing my work-out on the third day of our residency, and he asked me how I…