by Marc Corsini | Dec 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Having some downtime during the holidays, I thought it might be fun to put together a puzzle. My wife, Susan, is a big puzzle fan, so when I suggested we do one, she was happy to oblige. Next thing I knew, she had brought up six boxes of puzzles—with pieces...
by Marc Corsini | Nov 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Expectations (and How to Manage Them) Often when I’m coaching a CEO, president or senior partner of a company and they are frustrated about what someone in their organization isn’t doing “correctly,” they will say: “If I were them, I would … “ Then, they go on to say...
by Marc Corsini | Oct 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
We’ve all worked with people who, when things go wrong, blame everyone and everything except themselves. “The expectations were too high.” “I wasn’t given enough time (or resources or guidance or margin) to complete the project.” The excuses are endless, so they go on...
by Marc Corsini | Oct 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Smart questions get results. Uninformed questions get you nowhere. Those are two facts that apply in all circumstances—in all areas of life. For instance, we’ve had a streetlight near our house that has not worked for more than two years. One of my best friends...
by Marc Corsini | Sep 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Psychologists will tell us—and we all know all too well—that we have two “always-on” parts of our brain—one is the emotional side and the other is the rational side. Both are involved in decision making of all kinds. Both are necessary to establish lasting good...
by Marc Corsini | Sep 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Part 2 of 2 So, in my last blog post, I talked about how most overachievers have something difficult, something challenging in their pasts that spurs them to overachieve. For some people, overachieving is the mind’s way of moving past the past. For others, their...
by Marc Corsini | Aug 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Part 1 of 2 Let’s talk today about overachievers and their challenges. Not the challenges they face each day as they meet and exceed expectations and goals (they are overachievers, after all). But instead, I’m talking about the challenges that make these people into...
by Marc Corsini | Aug 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
After a recent mass at our church, our pastor made this announcement: “If anyone’s trying to communicate with the church by going to the church’s website, the link to email the church is not working.” The pastor gave us his email address and suggested that if any of...
by Marc Corsini | Jul 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
At one time or another in our careers, we’ve all probably said to ourselves, “If I were in charge, I would handle things differently. I would start focusing on X and stop focusing on Y. I would close a division or let someone go or communicate more effectively or set...
by Marc Corsini | Jun 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
It is time to offer my top reading (and watching or listening) suggestions for summer 2022. We do this every year in anticipation of summer vacations. This year, knowing that not many of us have time to read (or listen) as much as we want, we’re including some...
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