A Story About Motivation

I was walking back to our apartment in Manhattan, the hood of my jacket pulled tight to keep the rain out, when I saw an older man with a walker struggle to descend the slippery stairs of his building. When he almost fell, I and several others went … [Read more...]

20 Seconds to a Better Bonus

Larry was a mid- to senior-level employee at Overlook, a technology company. (Names have been changed.) I began to work with him while he was running a project to bring Overlook's newest technology tool to the marketplace. Despite a number of … [Read more...]