Tag: Tony Schwartz


What it takes to make the workplace better

What it takes to make the workplace better

It’s not just what you do, but where you do it — and the people with whom you do it — that determines how you feel about your work. A recent column in the New York Times with the provocative headline Why You Hate Work  is not surprisingly the Times’ most emailed article. In it, Tony Schwartz and Christine Porath of consulting firm The…

HBR: Developing rituals can help achieve your goals

HBR: Developing rituals can help achieve your goals

A recent Harvard Business Review suggested the best way to achieve your goals is to not demand too much of yourself. That’s not to say set your goals low — but if you want to reach a goal, don’t make it harder than it needs to be to get there. In a post headlined “The Only Way to Get Important…