The right way to pick a leader’s brain by Alan Briggs

The right way to pick a leader’s brain by Alan Briggs

Let me guess; you admire a leader and want to get together with them to “pick their brain”. You want to extract their best info, insider secrets and tips on how to get where they are. It’s a sound plan, but here’s the problem; dozens of others want to pick their brain...
What does it take to write a book? by Alan Briggs

What does it take to write a book? by Alan Briggs

I recently read this for a friend at his book release party… There are few art forms lonelier than writing a book. Writing a book is a marathon on a cold, dark night. You can see your breath and your feet slide across the ice from time to time. Your light grows...
Get back on the Horse; A guest post from Michael Larson

Get back on the Horse; A guest post from Michael Larson

Get back on the horse. We’ve heard it before, probably muttered it a million times. We preach it after others fail, pretending it’s a carrot of comfort, though it comes off like the threat of a stick. It’s as cliche and as true as the horse is heavy. We know the fall...