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ADHD and Addiction
Adults with ADHD have almost triple the rate of addiction than that of adults without ADHD. Alcohol and marijuana are the most common substances used. Other types of addictions include nicotine, caffeine, sugar and street drugs.
Is total control the no 1 must have quality for great leadership?
Every person with an opinion on leadership will dispute the number one quality for leadership.
Lessons from The Wizard of Oz
Dear Jane, I just bought a nice new car, which I’d been saving up for. I felt excited when I got into it, smelled that new-car smell, and heard the engine purr. That was a week ago. Now, even though I’m still proud of myself for attaining this goal, I don’t feel jazzed about the car itself anymore. Why is the thrill gone so quickly? How come I don’t stay happy for very long? Given the amount of debt we Americans are currently up to our ears in, you’d think that money must buy happiness. But just a few years ago, a landmark Harvard study demonstrated that, although many people believe that a nice piece of jewelry, a larger home, a new car, or more money will make them happy, this satisfaction doesn’t last long. The researchers found that what makes us happiest for the greatest duration is something money can’t buy:

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Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn
The average number of LinkedIn connections for people who work at Google is forty-seven.The average number for Harvard Business School grads is fifty-eight, so you could skip the MBA, work at Google, and probably get most of the connections you need. Later, you can hire Harvard MBAs to prepare your income taxes.
Personal Finance Advice
John Campbell is an economics professor at Harvard University who recently published a study that has some telling advice; what it tells us is that the less you know about your financial situation, the worse off you’ll be. Sure, industry advisors have been telling us this for years, but now there’s a Harvard study to back it up. Whether you handle your money on your own, or you seek out personal finance advice from an expert, the more uninformed you are, the more you’re going to wind up paying without realizing it.

Lessons from The Wizard of Oz
Dear Jane, I just bought a nice new car, which I’d been saving up for. I felt excited when I got into it, smelled that new-car smell, and heard the engine purr. That was a week ago. Now, even though I’m still proud of myself for attaining this goal, I don’t feel jazzed about the car itself anymore. Why is the thrill gone so quickly? How come I don’t stay happy for very long? Given the amount of debt we Americans are currently up to our ears in, you’d think that money must buy happiness. But just a few years ago, a landmark Harvard study demonstrated that, although many people believe that a nice piece of jewelry, a larger home, a new car, or more money will make them happy, this satisfaction doesn’t last long. The researchers found that what makes us happiest for the greatest duration is something money can’t buy:
Lessons from the Harvard Recruitment Process
I thought that because Harvard is so prestigious that it could sit back and let the best and brightest students come to it. I was wrong. In “How Harvard Gets Its Best and Brightest,” BusinessWeek reporter William Symonds explains the Harvard recruiting process.
The Key to Health and Happiness Lies Far From The Workplace
Many entrepreneurial types work themselves to the bone often sacrficing relationships with friends and family along the way in their nun-like devotion to their holy career.They often do this under the hallucination that "I'll be happy when I become successful." But a 70 year study follwing the lives of Harvard graduates revealed thatthe key to health and happiness lies far from the workplace...
How To Dramatically Boost Your Chances Of Having A Successful Career
Many people have had their theories about what attributes are required to have a successful and rewarding career. Some say you need to have a high IQ. Others say that great communication and leadership skills are the keys while others think that coming from a wealthy family gives you a significant advantage in the business world. However a study that followed 268 Harvard students over a 70 year showed that the most significant factor to positively influence your career actually had little to do with what you did at work...

Incorrectly Assessing A Job Applicant's Motivation
In today's highly competitive and turbulent business environment, hiring average employees can spell "failure". Companies can not afford mediocrity while their competitors are striving to be the best. Hiring impacts profits in more ways than most companies realize. A Harvard Business School study determined that more than 75% of turnover could be traced back to poor hiring practices. The decision to hire -or not to hire- plays a significant role in turnover. The leading contributor to turnover is often not what happens after the employee is hired, but rather the process leading up to it. And turnover is not always bad if it's a bad hire that's leaving. You have to wonder if you really are hiring the best we can.
Howard Gardner talks about thought leadership and 'good work'
Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A.Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He also holds positions as Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and Senior Director of Harvard Project Zero. Among numerous honors, Gardner received a MacArthur Prize Fellowship in 1981. He has received honorary degrees from 26 colleges and universities. In 2005 and again in 2008, he was selected by Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines as one of the 100 most influential public intellectuals in the world. The author of 25 books translated into 28 languages, and several hundred articles, Gardner is best known in educational circles for his theory of multiple intelligences.
Gambling – Or Risk-Taking?
There is a difference between gambling and risk-taking. John Scully says, “People who take risks are the people you’ll lose against.” A study of the first graduating class from the Harvard School of Business revealed that, across the board, these men were risk-takers. They would not pass a car on a hill or a curve, nor blindly go into a business venture. They assembled the facts and evaluated carefully from every possible perspective the chances of success and the benefits which went with that success. They understood there were no guarantees and that the possibility existed that they could lose. Nonetheless, they recognized that the possible gain was so much greater than the possible loss that they deemed it appropriate to take the risk.
2 Take-Aways from a MarketingSherpa Case Study
Centerbeam, a company that delivers technology infrastructure support for mid-sized businesses, was the subject of a case study by MarketingSherpa recently. You can read the case study at Lead Generation: How ignoring 16,896 companies helped improve Sales-Marketing alignment. We wish to share our thoughts on this case study with our fans.

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