The Winning Voice

“My single biggest personal improvement as CEO occurred on the day when I stopped being too positive”. This is a quote from Ben Horowitz on p. 64 of his formidable book, The Hard [...]

A number of years back, I was in an elevator of a major bank, after finishing a meeting. I was joined in the elevator by two, senior business people. A moment or so after the elevator door [...]

‘Miron Zukerman and his associates at the University of Rochester reported that a group of college students with highly attractive voices had more pleasantly rated personalities than [...]

‘Celebrate your success at persevering, at not giving up.* The essence of victory lies in the act of refusing to be defeated; Let success mean you are committed. Let failure mean, [...]

“. . . But let me tell you when I might demand that you take my name off the door . . . That will be the day when you start trying to make money and less time making advertising . . . When [...]