The power of praise

When I teach Behavior Modification, I tell my students to include praise in every intervention. When I teach leadership I suggest using praise. Why do I push praise so much? 1. Praise is usually a powerful motivator. It is powerful in part because it is rare in the...

Are you a poor loser?

I find it easy to be a gracious winner. How about you? It’s much harder to be a gracious loser. That’s especially true if we want very much to win, we barely lose, we think  we “should” have won, we don’t like the winner, and we lose...