by Mack Munro | | Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Recently I was sitting at the BWI airport waiting on a delayed flight home. As I looked around me at all the other passengers, a bizarre thought crossed my mind. If a bunch of Martians were doing recon on earthlings, figuring out a strategy to take us over, the...
by Mack Munro | | Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Jane was a pain in the butt. In her government job as a voucher examiner, she was responsible for verifying purchase requests. She was not very good at this job. She was very slow and didn’t pay attention to details. In addition to her poor work performance, she was a...
by Mack Munro | | Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
“If you want to change things in a big way, then you gotta make some big changes…” Rocky Balboa to Adonis Creed I was watching Creed 2 on a recent business trip and this line made me think. Most companies I work with believe in the principles of...
by Mack Munro | | Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
This past week I spoke at two HR conferences. It’s always a lot of fun to meet new people and often we get some business from it. After all, what organization do you know that has all perfect managers? A trend I’ve seen quite a bit over the past few years is one that...
by Mack Munro | | Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Blame the whiskey on the beer Blame the beer on the whiskey Blame the mornin’ on the night For whose lyin’ here with me Blame the bar for the band Blame the band for the song Blame the song for the party that went all night long But it ain’t my...
by Mack Munro | | Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
I attended a very rigorous college prep high school, graduating 4thin my class (from the bottom) back in 1982. Our principal Mr. May took great pride in saddling us all down with loads of homework as did all of the teachers. I guess in the spirit of “college prep”...