Tag: singing

When the canary stops singing…

This is the story of when I just had to open my big mouth in front of a Senior VP at Amazon, and the journey that impulsive decision put me on. Charlie Bell was an absolutely legendary figure at Amazon for nearly 24 years. You may have heard of him because he recently ruffled some feathers&n...

How to be successful — in a nutshell

Yes! The answer really is here somewhere First, we need to have a talk about what “success” means. But before that, we need to have a pre-talk about what success means to you. Can I start with a story? Not that long ago, I was in a restaurant for lunch with a woman 30 years olde...

Singing Ink: The Indigenous Wisdom of Life

TAIPEI, Taiwan — “If the indigenes had know how to put down their experiences in writing, I believe that the past 400 years of Taiwan’s history will not only be Han people’s soliloquy,” Paelabang Danapan wrote. As in many parts of the world, Taiwan’s native inh...