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Office Drama? Understanding the Difference between Disagreement and Disobedience

August 29, 2019 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

Two executives disagree while looking at a laptop monitor.

Disagreements amongst your staff can be essential to your company’s success. However, disobedience can undermine your team, and ultimately lead to failure. Know the difference between people who disagree, and those who disobey. What I am writing about today is obvious to most of us on a personal level, but somehow within the complexity of […]

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Lessons in Adulthood: You Don’t have to Put Up with Jargon

August 7, 2019 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

I have always hated jargon. Why do we use made-up words and silly phrases? What are we trying to prove? What’s wrong with speaking clearly? Everyone should hate these made-up words as much as me. Before I teach you how to get gangster with jargon, first lets identify 4 different kinds of jargon: Jargon that […]

Filed Under: Technology and Culture, Workplace Culture, Worky Worky

Aunt Becky Goes to Jail, Rigging the System Makes Everyone a Loser

June 20, 2019 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

Earlier this year a bizarre news story broke about Hollywood celebrities bribing officials to admit their children into top universities. The most famous name attached to the scandal is Aunt Becky on “Full House,” IRL the ever-pretty actress Lori Laughlin. She and her husband Mossimo (1990s fashion icon) apparently paid their child’s way into the […]

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The Problem of Inspiration

May 15, 2019 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

Inspired woman sails with an umbrella against a creative mural.

Inspiration has never been more accessible. With Instagram and Pinterest, we are flooded with inspirational quotes juxtaposed with a selfie or an epic sunset. This trend spilled over into YouTube, where armies of pretty people are ready to inspire and life-coach you to achieve new heights in life. We are in a Golden Age of inspiration. All this inspiration is so lovely, yet so useless.

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Bold People Need Encouragement Too

October 23, 2018 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

The Greatest Showman, this guy is bold

Today’s singular American Tale goes something like this: be bold, step out and be you, and your reward is glory and success.  It may be the last awesome, inspiring story that our culture knows how to tell.  Tragically, this story is rarely true, and it even neglects what it means to be human. 

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Rule Number 1: No Mind Reading

August 22, 2018 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

"No Mind Reading" - The importance of honest communication

We all know that “mind reading” doesn’t work. Life is hard enough as it is, so it’s silly to take on the additional burden of having to decipher one another’s emotions and actions to pick up clues on an unspoken tension.

Filed Under: Workplace Culture, Worky Worky

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