Jeremy Lott, Author at Full Focus https://fullfocus.co/author/jeremylott/ Win at Work and Succeed at Life Tue, 02 Oct 2018 09:45:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://fullfocus.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cropped-icon-fullfocus-32x32.png Jeremy Lott, Author at Full Focus https://fullfocus.co/author/jeremylott/ 32 32 Quash Rumors With Truth https://fullfocus.co/quash-rumors-with-truth/ Tue, 02 Oct 2018 09:45:50 +0000 https://michaelhyatt.com/?p=42991 Rumors at work can be surprisingly destructive. Rumors undermine the confidence of an organization, both within and without; encourage infighting, backbiting, and other HR department fever dreams; deep six morale; make strategic hiring like extracting wisdom teeth; scare off would-be investors; and tank stock prices. What start as whispers can build to whirlwind force. Because […]

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]]> George Washington vs. Workplace Drama https://fullfocus.co/george-washington-vs-workplace-drama/ Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:45:46 +0000 https://michaelhyatt.com/?p=42964 When George Washington was a teenager, he both copied out by hand and tweaked 110 “rules of civility and decent behavior.” These rules had been compiled by Jesuits in late 16th century France and made the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Manners were up in the air in this new world when Washington put quill […]

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]]> New Coke: Anatomy of a Terrible Decision https://fullfocus.co/new-coke/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 09:45:43 +0000 https://michaelhyatt.com/?p=42836 The Coca-Cola Company’s own website admits that it was probably “a day that will live in marketing infamy.” On April 23, 1985, Coke Chairman and CEO Roberto Goizueta announced to 200 reporters that the company would be changing its formula. It would be still be called Coca-Cola, but this “New Coke” would taste better and […]

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]]> Patience Is Not a Virtue https://fullfocus.co/patience-is-not-a-virtue/ Tue, 24 Jul 2018 09:45:27 +0000 https://michaelhyatt.com/?p=42429 The patience of Job; the patience of a saint; a “fruit of the Holy Spirit”; a virtue. “He that have Patience, can have what he will,” predicted Poor Richard’s Almanack way back in 1736. As you might expect from that august build up, a lack of patience has also been associated with societal rot and […]

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]]> What I’ve Learned on the Runway https://fullfocus.co/what-ive-learned-on-the-runway/ Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:45:26 +0000 https://michaelhyatt.com/?p=42251 This article is for people who have spent at least one night sleeping on an airport floor. Perhaps your flight was canceled because of fog and you scrambled to catch the last long shuttle bus home, only to miss that one, too. If you weren’t allowed through screening because the taxi was late and crawled […]

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]]> The Counsel of Scorpions https://fullfocus.co/counsel-of-scorpions/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 09:45:55 +0000 https://michaelhyatt.com/?p=41973 Solomon was said to be the most successful king that Israel ever had—renowned for his wisdom and his riches. His heir Rehoboam, not so much. Of the 12 tribes of Hebrews that constituted the nation of Israel, 10 revolted under Rehoboam’s reign. Later leaders would manage shaky alliances. But after Rehoboam, it was no longer […]

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]]> Get a Life! https://fullfocus.co/get-a-life/ Tue, 22 May 2018 09:45:09 +0000 https://michaelhyatt.com/?p=41820 For my first job in Washington, DC, I worked very long hours. One night, a rare dinner date was lined up. “What time do you get off?” my date asked to coordinate. A long, awkward pause followed. “It’s kind of a philosophical question,” I finally admitted. That was fine by me at the time, but […]

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]]> Don’t Bet the Farm on Brainstorming https://fullfocus.co/limits-of-brainstorming/ Tue, 15 May 2018 09:45:14 +0000 https://michaelhyatt.com/?p=41693 I can tell you with some precision the moment I first doubted group brainstorming. This was many moons ago. A medium sized media firm that wanted to grow much larger had engaged my consulting services. They held a company-wide powwow, flying most of the managers and yours truly to corporate headquarters in Darkest Peru. The […]

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]]> Just Enough Cook https://fullfocus.co/just-enough-cook/ Tue, 08 May 2018 09:45:35 +0000 https://michaelhyatt.com/?p=41593 Steve Jobs was a virtuoso. Using technology and design, he changed the way we think about computers, phones, music, and movies. Tim Cook, by contrast, comes off as a boring technocrat. Jobs’s chosen successor as CEO of Apple is good at keeping the global supply chains for the company’s products going, which sounds like great […]

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]]> When Nobody’s Looking https://fullfocus.co/when-nobodys-looking/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:45:02 +0000 https://michaelhyatt.com/?p=40883 Julius Caesar Watts memorably said that “character”—meaning good character—is about “doing what’s right when nobody’s looking.” Watts would know a lot about people looking on. From the Oklahoma Sooners to the Canadian Football League to a Baptist pulpit and on to elected office, at both state and national levels, and then back into the private […]

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