Mark Goulston Posted on Friday, July 25, 2014 at 5:28PM What if...
Every conversation that is taking place between Republican and Democrat, US and Russia, Israel and Hammas, husband and wife, parent and child where people are talking at or over each other could immediately change to people talking with each other.
Mark Goulston Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 9:41AM 
Step 1: Own It — It wasn’t a bad dream… it happened. Accept that it happened.
Step 2: Desired Outcome — Now what?
Step 3: Control — What you can do without needing anyone else to move towards that desired outcome?
Step 4: Influence — What is something you can’t do, that you will need others to provide and a plan for influencing them?
Step 5: Response-ability — What you actually do back towards the environment after you have gone through steps 1-4.
Mark Goulston Posted on Sunday, June 29, 2014 at 3:47PM 
Build credibility, fulfill potential, find your purpose
Mark Goulston Posted on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at 6:17PM 
The gap between “In God We Trust” and "In politician we trust" is wide enough to drive (and lose) our future through.
I recently attended the William O. Douglas Awards presented at the Public Counsel Dinner in Los Angeles. The marquee honoree was Hillary Clinton. She deftly dodged the question of being a Presidential candidate for 2016, but gave a terrific presentation sharing a number of memorable stories.
Mark Goulston Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2014 at 10:45AM 
How often have you heard the assessment from a parent, boss, manager or coach, “You can do better?”
And how often have you interpreted that to mean, “You’re not good enough,” “You’re crap,” “This is not good enough,” “This is crap,” etc.?
Mark Goulston Posted on Thursday, June 5, 2014 at 11:16AM 
People are often more impressed with excellence than what you are excellent at.
Even if you're not a basketball fan, you can be impressed by LeBron James or Kevin Durant. Even if you weren't a fan of Steve Jobs or of technology, you could be impressed with his visionary abilities.
Mark Goulston Posted on Friday, May 23, 2014 at 12:26PM 
Many of you are probably familiar with the "specialist's dilemma." If not, it will quickly become intuitively apparent what that means. It occurs when the more specialized you are and the more you speak in the jargon of that specialty that is comfortable to you but confounding to others, the more others will nod from the neck up (because it's often difficult for people who are prideful to admit they don't understand you), but then not fully “buy in” when you need their cooperation. That is because they have to fully trust and have confidence in you, when they don’t have trust or confidence in their understanding of what exactly you do.
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