Lance Armstrong’s interview with Oprah can offer us costly lessons on deceit, the collateral damage it inflicts on others, and most of all, ways we are all dishonest some of the time, and how we can avoid going too far down the slippery slope of deceit so far we can never fully recover our precious friendships, reputation and capacity to live a life we can savor with other

When Bill Clinton called Barack Obama “a man cool on the outside, but who burns for America on the inside” he inadvertently reflected a benefit of Stoicism, coolness under pressure. Stoicism, born in a world falling apart, has a tremendous amount to teach us, especially in these passion-saturated times.

To stay relevant and sought-after, speak so they not only remember but want to tell others. Become more quotable by evoking the elements of A.I.R.

From political campaign tactics learn rapid response and proactive methods to protect your reputation, leveraging the full talents and relationships of your organization, boosting morale and quotability and collaboration skills along the way.

If you’re new to MovingFromMeToWe.com, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I am gratified by the 249 comments to this post I wrote for Harvard Business Review and seek your specific tips on quotability, the first step to connecting in this increasingly complex, information-flooded, and connected world: You can feel the [...]

What’s one of meeting planners’ biggest fears? A frowning audience – or worse. They need speakers who energize their audience. They love speakers who motivate attendees to practice what they learn and eagerly share their successes with each other all year long – and at the next conference. In this wobbly economy any organization needs [...]

Last year VW launched “The Fun Theory” contest for best ideas to evoke better behavior in us. My favorite experiment, with more than a million views,  is “Piano Stairs.” Does turning a set of subway stairs into a real-life piano encourage people to use them? Yes, 66% more. My second favorite :  Does making a trash [...]

In our increasingly connected world, everyone must manage “the brand called you” announced Tom Peters years ago. Reluctant to see yourself this way? Your impetus can be to protect your reputation.  The upside motivation to think of self-branding, however, is to attract the people and opportunities that help make your life the kind of adventure story you [...]

“Presidential candidate George Bush will be active in making pronouncements in the coming weeks… He wants to define himself before his opponents do it for him,” intoned a radio commentator when the previous Bush became president. Yes, nicknames stick. “To name a thing is not the same as to know a thing,” Richard Feynman wrote, [...]

In the study I dub “Are you powerful or not?” I’d be in a third category. Why? Because I felt insulted when instructed to do what researchers asked of students. At Northwestern and Stanford, no less. Here’s what happened. Two professors, Adam Galinsky and Joe Magee divided undergrads into two groups. One group was primed [...]